diff --git a/imap_processing/quality_flags.py b/imap_processing/quality_flags.py
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+"""Bitwise flagging."""
+
+from enum import IntFlag
+
+
+class FlagNameMixin(IntFlag):
+    """Modifies flags for Python versions < 3.11."""
+
+    @property
+    def name(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Override the default name property to handle combined flags.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        combined_name : str
+            The combined name of the individual flags.
+        """
+        if self._name_ is not None:
+            return self._name_
+
+        members = [member for member in self.__class__ if member & self == member]
+        return "|".join(str(m).split(".", 1)[-1] for m in members if m != 0x0)
+
+
+class CommonFlags(FlagNameMixin):
+    """Common quality flags."""
+
+    NONE = 0x0
+    INF = 2**0  # bit 0, Infinite value
+    NEG = 2**1  # bit 1, Negative value
+
+
+class ENAFlags(FlagNameMixin):
+    """Common ENA flags."""
+
+    BADSPIN = 2**2  # bit 2, Bad spin
+
+
+class ImapUltraFlags(FlagNameMixin):
+    """IMAP Ultra flags."""
+
+    NONE = CommonFlags.NONE
+    INF = CommonFlags.INF  # bit 0
+    NEG = CommonFlags.NEG  # bit 1
+    BADSPIN = ENAFlags.BADSPIN  # bit 2
+    FLAG1 = 2**3  # bit 2
+
+
+class ImapLoFlags(FlagNameMixin):
+    """IMAP Lo flags."""
+
+    NONE = CommonFlags.NONE
+    INF = CommonFlags.INF  # bit 0
+    NEG = CommonFlags.NEG  # bit 1
+    BADSPIN = ENAFlags.BADSPIN  # bit 2
+    FLAG2 = 2**3  # bit 2
+
+
+class HitFlags(
+    FlagNameMixin,
+):
+    """Hit flags."""
+
+    NONE = CommonFlags.NONE
+    INF = CommonFlags.INF  # bit 0
+    NEG = CommonFlags.NEG  # bit 1
+    FLAG3 = 2**2  # bit 2
diff --git a/imap_processing/tests/test_quality_flags.py b/imap_processing/tests/test_quality_flags.py
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+"""Test bitwise flagging."""
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from imap_processing.quality_flags import HitFlags, ImapLoFlags, ImapUltraFlags
+
+
+def test_quality_flags():
+    """Test the bitwise operations."""
+
+    # Test individual flags
+    assert HitFlags.NONE == 0x0
+    assert ImapUltraFlags.NONE == 0x0
+    assert ImapLoFlags.NONE == 0x0
+    assert HitFlags.INF == 2**0
+    assert ImapUltraFlags.INF == 2**0
+    assert ImapLoFlags.INF == 2**0
+    assert HitFlags.NEG == 2**1
+    assert ImapUltraFlags.NEG == 2**1
+    assert ImapLoFlags.NEG == 2**1
+    assert ImapUltraFlags.BADSPIN == 2**2
+    assert ImapLoFlags.BADSPIN == 2**2
+    assert ImapUltraFlags.FLAG1 == 2**3
+    assert ImapLoFlags.FLAG2 == 2**3
+    assert HitFlags.FLAG3 == 2**2
+
+    # Test combined flags for Ultra
+    flag = (
+        ImapUltraFlags.INF
+        | ImapUltraFlags.NEG
+        | ImapUltraFlags.BADSPIN
+        | ImapUltraFlags.FLAG1
+    )
+    assert flag & ImapUltraFlags.INF
+    assert flag & ImapUltraFlags.BADSPIN
+    assert flag & ImapUltraFlags.FLAG1
+    assert flag.name == "INF|NEG|BADSPIN|FLAG1"
+    assert flag.value == 15
+
+    # Test combined flags for Lo
+    flag = ImapLoFlags.INF | ImapLoFlags.NEG | ImapLoFlags.BADSPIN | ImapLoFlags.FLAG2
+    assert flag & ImapLoFlags.INF
+    assert flag & ImapLoFlags.BADSPIN
+    assert flag & ImapLoFlags.FLAG2
+    assert flag.name == "INF|NEG|BADSPIN|FLAG2"
+    assert flag.value == 15
+
+    # Test combined flags for HIT
+    flag = HitFlags.INF | HitFlags.NEG | HitFlags.FLAG3
+    assert flag & HitFlags.INF
+    assert flag & HitFlags.FLAG3
+    assert flag.name == "INF|NEG|FLAG3"
+    assert flag.value == 7
+
+    # Test use-case for Ultra
+    data = np.array([-6, np.inf, 2, 3])
+    quality = np.array(
+        [
+            ImapUltraFlags.INF | ImapUltraFlags.NEG,
+            ImapUltraFlags.INF,
+            ImapUltraFlags.NONE,
+            ImapUltraFlags.NONE,
+        ]
+    )
+    # Select data without INF flags
+    non_inf_mask = (quality & ImapUltraFlags.INF.value) == 0
+    np.array_equal(data[non_inf_mask], np.array([-6, 2, 3]))
+
+    # Select data without NEG or INF flags
+    non_neg_mask = (quality & ImapUltraFlags.NEG.value) == 0
+    np.array_equal(data[non_inf_mask & non_neg_mask], np.array([2, 3]))