ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,397, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH (Bremen, Germany).

"Ion mobility analyser" was invented by Alexander Makarov (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion mobility analyser comprising an ion guide is provided. The ion guide defines an ion drift channel extending in an axial direction an includes first and second electrode assemblies provided on opposing sides of the ion drift channel. Each of the first and second electrode assemblies extend in the axial direction and in a transverse direction which is transverse to the axial direction. The first and second electrode assemblies a...