US Patent Issued to Waters Technologies on Nov. 11 for "Sprayer assembly for desi applications" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,932, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Waters Technologies Corp. (Milford, Mass.).

"Sprayer assembly for desi applications" was invented by Wade P. Leveille (Douglas, Mass.), Joseph D. Michienzi (Plainville, Mass.), Jeffrey Musacchio (Sharon, Mass.), Emrys Jones (Manchester, Great Britain), Steven Derek Pringle (Darwen, Great Britain), Stephen Hattan (Lowell, Mass.) and Gregory T. Roman (North Scituate, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprayer assembly for an ion source is disclosed. The sprayer includes a capillary having an outlet, a sheath for the capillary, and an elastic member. The sheath can move relative to the capillar...