H01J 49/0004
Imaging particle spectrometry
Official title: {Imaging particle spectrometry}
H01J49/0004 (Imaging particle spectrometry) appears on 353 US grants and 420 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01J- Granted patents
- 353
- Published applications
- 420
- Assignees
- 164
- Inventors
- 599
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2012 | 12 | 19 |
| 2013 | 13 | 11 |
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| 2018 | 19 | 29 |
| 2019 | 21 | 36 |
| 2020 | 26 | 23 |
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| 2022 | 38 | 30 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 |
| 2024 | 20 | 24 |
| 2025 | 14 | 12 |
| 2026 | 11 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Ion analysis using image-charge/current analysis6 Oct 2026US 12,755,949 B2Shimadzu Corporation
- Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (“REIMS”) and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (“DESI-MS”) analysis of swabs and biopsy samples2 Jun 2026US 12,646,702 B2Micromass UK Limited
- Mass spectrometry data analysis method and imaging mass spectrometer12 May 2026US 12,626,896 B2Shimadzu Corporation
- Joint nanoscale three-dimensional imaging and chemical analysis14 Apr 2026US 12,601,698 B2Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (List)
- Bio-identification using low resolution tandem mass spectrometry31 Mar 2026US 12,590,935 B2The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C.
- Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry ("reims") and desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry ("desi-ms") analysis of swabs and biopsy samples10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269206 A1Micromass UK Limited
- Method for analyzing organic acid in tissue piece13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237618 A1National University Corporation Kobe University
- Plume Arrival Time Determination in Laser Ablation16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204531 A1Standard BioTools Canada Inc.
- System and method for quantitative pathology using mass spectrometry imaging7 May 2026US 2026/0126452 A1President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Apparatus for multimodal analysis of sample material5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063538 A1Bruker Daltonics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for desorption electrospray ionization169US 7,335,897 B2Purdue Research Foundation · 2008
- Liquid trap or separator for electrosurgical applications134US 10,916,415 B2Micromass UK Limited · 2021
- Multiplexed imaging of tissues using mass tags and secondary ion mass spectrometry132US 10,041,949 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · 2018
- Method and apparatus for imaging biological samples with MALDI MS106US 5,808,300 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1998
- Sub-micron chemical imaging with near-field laser desorption66US 6,080,586 ACalifornia Institute of Technology · 2000