METHOD FOR CALIBRATION OF TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS - Patent 1328963

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EP 1 328 963 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	22.08.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	23.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/30

(21)	Application number: 01973511.7

(22)	Date of filing: 25.09.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01J 49/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0129/995

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0202/7756 (04.04.2002 Gazette 2002/12)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

26.09.2000 US 235655 P

(71)	Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
	Baltimore,Maryland 21218-2685 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	PINEDA, Fernando J, Baltimore, MD 21218 (US)

(74)	Representative: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker
	Patentanwälte,Postfach 10 37 62 70032 Stuttgart 70032 Stuttgart (DE)

(54)	METHOD FOR CALIBRATION OF TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS