US Patent Issued to Thermo Finnigan on May 27 for "Method for tuning with unresolved peaks on quadrupole mass spectrometers" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,712, issued on May 27, was assigned to Thermo Finnigan LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Method for tuning with unresolved peaks on quadrupole mass spectrometers" was invented by Johnathan W. Smith (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mass spectrometer support apparatus includes a peak shape logic to determine one or more peak shapes using a calibration mass spectrum and known peak locations; and a tuning logic to adjust instrument parameters to achieve a selected peak width. A method for tuning a quadrupole-based mass spectrometer includes determining one or more peak shapes using a calibration mass spectrum and known peak locatio...