CHEMICAL IONIZATION REACTION OR PROTON TRANSFER REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRY WITH A QUADRUPOLE OR TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER - Patent 2212903

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EP 2 212 903 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	26.11.2009

(43)	Date of publication:
	04.08.2010 Bulletin 2010/31

(21)	Application number: 08838087.8

(22)	Date of filing: 23.09.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H01J 49/10^(2006.01)

H01J 49/14^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2008/077365

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2009/048739 (16.04.2009 Gazette 2009/16)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA MK RS

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Priority:

10.10.2007 US 869980
10.10.2007 US 869978
06.02.2008 US 26799

(71)	Applicant: MKS Instruments, Inc.
	Andover, MA 01810 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ROBINSON, Timothy, Roger Burland CW5 8QB (GB) ATTWOOD, Mark Cupertino CA 95014 (US) CHEN, Xing Lexington MA 02421 (US) HOLBER, William, M. Winchester MA 01890 (US) LONGSON, Mark, Philip Waterhouses ST10 3HG (GB) PALK, Jonathan, Henry Sandbach CW11 3BZ (GB) SHAJII, Ali Canton MA 02021 (US) SMITH, John, A. North Andover MA 01845 (US)

(74)	Representative: Lang, Johannes
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler Galileiplatz 1 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	CHEMICAL IONIZATION REACTION OR PROTON TRANSFER REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRY WITH A QUADRUPOLE OR TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER