US Patent Issued to University of New Hempshire, Thermo Finnigan on Aug. 26 for "Capillary emitter with electrospray ionization providing femtoliter to nanoliter flow rates" (New Hampshire, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,850, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to University of New Hempshire (Durham, N.H.) and Thermo Finnigan LLC (San Jose, N.M.).

"Capillary emitter with electrospray ionization providing femtoliter to nanoliter flow rates" was invented by Anyin Li (Somersworth, N.H.), Linfan Li (San Jose, Calif.) and Mengtian Li (Durham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method to achieve electrospray ionization at femtoliter/minute to nanoliter/minute flow rates including relatively rapid alternation between such flow rates within the same device. These flow rates provide enhanced and relatively more ...