US Patent Issued to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen), California Institute of Technology on Aug. 12 for "Electrostatic ion trap configuration" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,925, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH (Bremen, Germany) and California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Electrostatic ion trap configuration" was invented by Alexander Makarov (Bremen, Germany), Dmitry Grinfeld (Bremen, Germany), Mikhail Skoblin (Bremen, Germany), Michael Roukes (Pasadena, Calif.), Warren Fon (Pasadena, Calif.) and Eric Wapelhorst (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatic ion trap or an array of electrostatic ion traps are provided having a longitudinal length of no more than 10 mm and/or at least one electrode with a capacitance to ground of...