H01J 49/067
Ion lenses, apertures, skimmers
Official title: {Ion lenses, apertures, skimmers}
H01J49/067 (Ion lenses, apertures, skimmers) appears on 373 US grants and 387 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01J- Granted patents
- 373
- Published applications
- 387
- Assignees
- 155
- Inventors
- 621
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 3 | 6 |
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| 2005 | 7 | 9 |
| 2006 | 12 | 4 |
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| 2019 | 20 | 25 |
| 2020 | 20 | 25 |
| 2021 | 23 | 38 |
| 2022 | 19 | 27 |
| 2023 | 18 | 20 |
| 2024 | 26 | 33 |
| 2025 | 21 | 15 |
| 2026 | 10 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Mass spectrometer6 Oct 2026US 12,755,952 B2YOUNG IN ACE Co., Ltd.
- High-speed polarity switching dual conversion dynode ion detector for mass spectrometer29 Sep 2026US 12,749,666 B2Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Sealing interface for curtain chamber25 Aug 2026US 12,719,040 B2DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.
- Mass spectrometer18 Aug 2026US 12,712,168 B2YOUNG IN ACE Co., Ltd.
- Radially segmented ion guide and example applications thereof18 Aug 2026US 12,712,171 B2The Trustees of Indiana University
- Method and apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311986 A1Bruker Switzerland AG
- Mass spectrometer and method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302150 A1Truemass Ltd
- Mass spectrometer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0302152 A1Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH
- Ion signal optimisation6 Aug 2026US 2026/0229472 A1Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH
- Apparatus for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221407 A1Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of plasma mass analysis with reduced space charge effects105US 5,381,008 AMDS Health Group Limited · 1995
- Atmospheric pressure ion interface for a mass analyzer93US 5,352,892 ACornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 1994
- Apparatus and method for focusing ions and charged particles at atmospheric pressure77US 6,744,041 B22004
- Remote reagent chemical ionization source76US 7,095,019 B1Chem-Space Associates, Inc. · 2006
- Electrospray and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometer and ion source74US 5,756,994 AMicromass Limited · 1998