H01J 49/066
Ion funnels
Official title: {Ion funnels}
H01J49/066 (Ion funnels) appears on 96 US grants and 121 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01J- Granted patents
- 96
- Published applications
- 121
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 196
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 7 | 7 |
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| 2019 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Planar ion processing station21 Jul 2026US 12,689,015 B2DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.
- Ion funnel-based collision cell31 Mar 2026US 12,592,372 B2Agilent Technologies, Inc.
- Flow recirculation for mobility separation improvement20 Jan 2026US 12,529,679 B2Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Apparatuses and methods for merging ion beams21 Oct 2025US 12,451,342 B2Purdue Research Foundation
- Surface-induced dissociation devices and methods24 Dec 2024US 12,176,196 B2Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Apparatus and method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253857 A1Isotopx Ltd
- Ion transport device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221406 A1Ionoscope Limited Liability Company
- Charged particle beam focusing device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0121009 A1Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
- Multi-channel ion router for guiding ions between selectively operated ports23 Apr 2026US 2026/0112595 A1Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Method and assembly for handling gas-phase ions2 Apr 2026US 2026/0094799 A1Bruker Switzerland AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for directing ions and other charged particles generated at near atmospheric pressures into a region under vacuum291US 6,107,628 ABattelle Memorial Institute · 2000
- Ionization source utilizing a jet disturber in combination with an ion funnel and method of operation132US 6,583,408 B2Battelle Memorial Institute · 2003
- Apparatus and method for parallel flow ion mobility spectrometry combined with mass spectrometry119US 7,838,826 B1Bruker Daltonics, Inc. · 2010
- Multi-source ion funnel63US 6,979,816 B2Battelle Memorial Institute · 2005
- Ionization source utilizing a multi-capillary inlet and method of operation62US 6,803,565 B2Battelle Memorial Institute · 2004