Patent ID: 6623935
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
In a mass spectrometer system, an automated method for analyzing a sample, comprising the steps of:selecting a deconvolution library, comprising a plurality of compounds in a specific order, each of said compound comprising compound data; comparing the compound data from the first compound of said specific order of compounds with spectral pattern data from a mass spectrometer; removing a portion of said spectral pattern data if the compound data of said first compound is substantially found in said spectral pattern data, thereby creating a remaining spectral pattern data; comparing compound data from the next compound of said specific order with said remaining spectral pattern data; removing a portion of said remaining spectral pattern data if the compound data of said next compound is substantially found in said remaining spectral pattern data; repeating said comparing a next compound data step and said removing a portion of said remaining spectral pattern data step in said specific compound order.