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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120050736 | MAGNETIC PARTICLE-BASED BIOASSAYS The disclosure relates to bioassays, as well as related devices and methods for detecting targets. The targets may be molecules and/or biological products that a user is interested in analyzing to determine information such as their presence and/or concentration in a sa... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044494 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE AMOUNT OF ENTITIES DEPOSITED ON MICROPARTICLES IN SUSPENSION IN A SOLUTION, ASSOCIATED DEVICE AND USE OF SAID DEVICE The invention relates to a method for estimating the amount of entities deposited on microparticles in suspension in a solution, and also to an associated device. The method comprises the following steps:
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| 20120019824 | FINE PARTICLE DETECTOR AND LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS A fine particle detector includes a light emitting system letting light from a light source pass through a phase difference element and focusing the light on a sample flow through which fine particles flow. When the direction of the sample flow is an X-axis direction, t... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016168 | Processing and Analysis Techniques Involving In-Vessel Material Generation In at least one embodiment, the inventive technology relates to in-vessel generation of a material from a solution of interest as part of a processing and/or analysis operation. Preferred embodiments of the in-vessel material generation (e.g., in-vessel solid material g... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013881 | Method and Apparatus for Determining an Overlay Error A method of determining an overlay error. Measuring an overlay target having process-induced asymmetry. Constructing a model of the target. Modifying the model, e.g., by moving one of the structures to compensate for the asymmetry. Calculating an asymmetry-induced overl... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110304850 | PARTICLE CONCENTRATION MEASURING DEVICE A particle concentration measuring device includes: a measurement region formation part which has a wall (10) of substantially ring-form and through an inner opening of which gas relatively flows orthogonally; a light curtain forming unit (12A, 12B)... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110299079 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH VOLUME SAMPLE RATE HOLOGRAPHIC PARTICLE MEASUREMENT Methods and systems for measuring particles within a flow are provided. An aircraft transports a high volume sample rate holographic measurement instrument through a particle-containing volume of interest along a reference axis X (time). As the instrument moves relative... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110249263 | PARTICLE DETECTOR A particle detector for evaporation flux is disclosed. The particle detector includes a light source and at least one reflective surface.... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242534 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PARTICLE An apparatus for detecting a particle is disclosed. The apparatus for detecting a particle in a fluid in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include a first light source, which emits a first beam having a wavelength of a particular band toward the... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235037 | SENSOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING TARGET PARTICLES BY FRUSTRATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION The invention relates to an optical sensor device (100) for detecting target particles (1) at a contact surface (12) of a carrier (11), said sensor device comprising a light source (21, 22) for emitting an input light beam (L1) ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110223586 | OPTICAL PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM A particle characterization system including a flow source to produce a stream of particles; a source of light or other energy directed at the stream of particles to cause fluorescence or scattered light to be emitted from the particles; a detector of the fluorescent or... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110216318 | PARTICLE NUMBER MEASUREMENT METHOD There is provided a particle number measurement method capable of accurately measuring the number of particles generated by a specific factor. When the number of particles is measured by irradiating laser beam 25 into a main exhaust line 16 via a glass win... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110204256 | HIGH-SPEED CELLULAR CROSS SECTIONAL IMAGING A cross sectional imaging system performs high-resolution, high-speed partial imaging of cells. Such a system may provide much of the information available from full imaging cytometry, but can be performed much more quickly, in part because the data analysis is greatly ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110181880 | Evaporative Light Scattering Detector Components suitable for use in an evaporative light scattering detector and other devices are disclosed. Methods of making and using components suitable for use in an evaporative light scattering detector and other devices are also disclosed.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110159476 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING POLYMERIC MIXTURES The invention provides methods and apparatus for characterizing complex polymeric mixture of interest. Candidate solutions are eliminated from a solution space using one or more experimental measurements of a polymeric mixture of interest. The elimination step can be re... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110157586 | MULTI-SAMPLE SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS In one general aspect, a multi-sample liquid scattering measurement apparatus is disclosed. It includes a coherent light source having an optical output axis, with sample cells that each include a volume that intersects with the optical output axis. Detectors are each p... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110141454 | Method for multi-spectral detection of aerosols A system and method for sampling constituents in air including counting particles in the air to be sampled; collecting samples of accumulated particles; measuring UV response of a sample of accumulated particles only if the particle count exceeds a predetermined thresho... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110134426 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ACOUSTIC FLOW CYTOMETRY. A flow cytometer includes a capillary having a sample channel; at least one vibration producing transducer coupled to the capillary, the at least one vibration producing transducer being configured to produce an acoustic signal inducing acoustic radiation pressure withi... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110102792 | ANALYZER AND PARTICLE IMAGING METHOD An analyzer comprises: a sample stream forming section for forming a sample stream including particles; a light source; an optical fiber bundle formed by a plurality of optical fibers, into which light from the light source enters, and which emits light onto the sample ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110090500 | FLOW CYTOMETER APPARATUS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL DIFRACTION IMAGING AND RELATED METHODS A flow cytometer assembly includes a fluid controller configured to form a hydrodynamically focused flow stream including an outer sheath fluid and an inner core fluid. A coherent light source is configured to illuminate a particle in the inner core fluid. A detector is... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110058157 | METHOD OF HELPING PARTICLE DETECTION, METHOD OF PARTICLE DETECTION,APPARATUS FOR HELPING PARTICLE DETECTION,AND SYSTEM FOR PARTICLE DETECTION A method of helping particle detection and a method of particle detection include an adsorption/infiltration step where an organic gas is brought into contact with organic particles to cause an organic gas component to be adsorbed and infiltrate to the organic particles... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110026024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING METAL IONS, PROBE USED FOR THE SAME AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Disclosed is an innovative method for detecting metal ions based on selective plasmonic resonance energy transfer between metal-ligand complexes and a single nanoplasmonic particle as a probe. The selective plasmonic resonance energy transfer occurs if a resonance frequ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110021370 | SALIVARY PROTEIN BIOMARKERS FOR HUMAN ORAL CANCER The present invention relates to the identification of novel oral cancer and periodontal disease biomarkers. Further, the present invention provides novel methods of diagnosing and for providing a prognosis for oral cancer and periodontal disease. The present invention ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110001969 | DYNAMIC LIGHT-SCATTERING MEASURING APPARATUS USING LOW-COHERENCE LIGHT SOURCE AND LIGHT-SCATTERING MEASURING METHOD OF USING THE APPARATUS There is provided a dynamic light-scattering measuring apparatus including: a Mach-Zehnder interferometer; and a low-coherence light source. Further, there is provided a method for measuring light-scattering intensity of particles in a medium, including the steps of: pr... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100328662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPIDLY COUNTING AND IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES IN A FLOW STREAM A method for increasing the throughput, or the precision, or both the precision and the throughput, of a flow cytometer, or of a hematology analyzer employing a flow cytometer, by utilizing the technique of laser rastering. Laser rastering involves sweeping a laser beam... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100315637 | Method and apparatus for measuring the scattered light signals from a liquid sample A sample cell for making light scattering measurements, incorporating an exterior surface acting as both a lateral and vertical lens, is described. This unique structure permits greatly improved measurement of the light scattered by molecules and particles suspended in ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315629 | Optical Scanning Disclosed are apparatus, kits, methods, and systems that include a radiation source configured to direct radiation to a sample; a detector configured to measure radiation from the sample; an electronic processor configured to determine infotmation about the sample based... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315638 | PARTICULATE DETECTION AND CALIBRATION OF SENSORS According to example configurations herein, a fluid sample flow including particulate matter passes through a conduit. One or more optical sensors monitor optical energy scattering off of the particulate matter in the fluid sample flow as it passes through the conduit. ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100302540 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A FOAM DENSITY Method and device for determining a foam density of foam in beverage containers utilizing the Tyndall effect, and having a focused light bundle emitted into the foam by means of a light source, where the light bundle is refracted in the foam and a scattered ray becomes ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100290032 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AND DETERMINING/IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT MATERIALS Method and system for measuring/depicting and determining/identifying one or more objects of different types of plastics, different types of fabrics or clothing, different types of glass, different types of food/groceries, different types of cardboard/paper/wooden produ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100265503 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND MULTIPLE BEAM SCANNER There is provided an optical device including: a passive core layer in which is formed an optical circuit having a refractive index n2; an active core layer covering at least a portion of the optical circuit, exhibiting an electro-optical effect, and having a ref... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100253776 | APPARATUS FOR REMOVING REFLECTED LIGHT An apparatus for removing reflected light is provided, which is used for a measuring device that emits a sheet-like beam of light onto suspended particles and measures light scattered from the suspended particles. The apparatus includes a light introduction unit, a ligh... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100240092 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION APPARATUS Provided is a method of adjusting detection sensitivity in detecting a sample in a channel. A detection method of optically detecting a sample includes: forming a multilayer flow, in which at least one of layers of the multilayer flow contains the sample; introducing li... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100235114 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ONE OR MORE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SPECIMEN USING RADIATION IN THE TERAHERTZ RANGE Systems and methods for determining one or more characteristics of a specimen using radiation in the terahertz range are provided. One system includes an illumination subsystem configured to illuminate the specimen with radiation. The system also includes a detection su... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100220323 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IN SITU AEROSOL THERMO-RADIOMETRIC ANALYSIS Particle detection systems configured to identify a particle included in a bulk sample volume are less efficient than if measurements are to be taken of a single particle. An embodiment of a particle detection system according to an embodiment of the present invention c... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100214564 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PARTICLES ON A GLASS SURFACE AND A METHOD THEREOF The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting particles on a glass surface and a method thereof, and more specifically, to an apparatus for detecting particles on a glass surface and a method thereof for exactly inspecting particles which may be created on... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100201983 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING DEFECT OF ARTICLE TO BE INSPECTED A method of inspecting defects in an inspection target includes (1) a step of supplying a particle-containing gas to one end face of the inspection target under pressure, applying in parallel a first laser beam to the vicinity of the other end face of the inspection tar... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100182601 | OFFSET ILLUMINATION APERTURE FOR OPTICAL NAVIGATION INPUT DEVICE An optical navigation input device with an offset imaging aperture. The optical navigation input device includes a light source, an illumination aperture structure, and an image sensor. The light source directs a light beam toward a substantially specular illumination s... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100149532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT In the case of generating a diffraction grating resulting from the density distribution of particles by applying a spatially periodic electric field to a sample having particles dispersed movably in a medium, measuring diffracted light obtained by exposing the diffracti... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141945 | METHOD OF MEASURING PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS A method of measuring properties of particles comprises the steps of generating a beam of radiation (IW); illuminating with the beam (IW) an observation region (MR) which is transited by a particle (B), a portion of the beam (IW) giving rise to radiation (SW) which is s... | 06/10/2010 |
