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June
2021
Trace Matters Scientific in collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific successfully demonstrated the proof-of-principle for SPion™ Technology for mass spectrometry. The results for the proof-of-principle demonstration have been made available via a technical note published by Trace Matters Scientific.
November
2020
Second patent issued for SPion™
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued Patent No. 10,840,077 entitled “Reconfigurable Sequentially-Packed Ion (SPion) Transfer Device.”
October
2020
SPion™ wins $100,000 prize from NASA's SMD Challenge
SPion™ has been chosen as a winner of the $100,000 prize award from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Entrepreneurs Challenge.
July
2020
SPion™ selected for NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge
SPion™ has been selected as one of the 10 finalists for NASA Science Mission Directorate Entrepreneurs Challenge to compete for a $1,000,000 prize pool under the advanced mass spectrometry category.
July
2020
Key patent issued for SPion™
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued Patent No. 10,720,315 entitled “Reconfigurable Sequentially-Packed Ion (SPion) Transfer Device.”
February
2020
Trace Matters Scientific introduces SPion™ technology that defines a new architecture for the front end of a mass spectrometer.
June
2018
Trace Matters Selected for NASA PICASSO award
NASA, UMD, and Trace Matters team receive NASA award under the Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) Program.
June
2017
Trace Matters selected for NASA STTR award
Trace Matters receives NASA STTR award to develop ambinet ion source for Mars.