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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7977099 | Method for alcohol content determination The present invention provides a low-cost, easy-to-use, and accurate method and apparatus for determining alcohol content in a test sample, such as wine. The method for alcohol content determination includes the following steps. A known quantity of a test sample is ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7785889 | Food astringency evaluating method using lipid membrane sensors with immobilized peptides The food astringency evaluating method of the invention comprises a step in which an astringent component of a food is reacted with a peptide to form a complex, a step in which a prescribed measured value is obtained corresponding to the amount of formation of the c... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7439074 | Method of analysis of alcohol by mass spectrometry Method of identification and quantitative analysis of alcohol(s) in a sample by mass spectrometry using stable isotope labeled internal standard is provided. Said internal standard is prepared by reaction of an authentic sample of said alcohol with a stable isotope ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7250300 | Method and means for the determination of total acid The invention relates to a dry-chemical method and a test kit for the rapid, quantitative analysis of total acid in wine and must. In this method, a slightly alkaline buffer is added to the sample to be analyzed, and the total acid content is determined from the res... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7087434 | Automatic portable formaldehyde analyzer An apparatus for measuring the concentration of formaldehyde in an exhaust stream from turbines, internal combustion engines and the like, which apparatus includes a portable housing having a sample gas inlet through which a sample gas for analysis is introduced int... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7012427 | Methods and devices for analysis of sealed containers This invention provides methods, NMR probes, and NMR systems for the analysis of the contents of sealed food and beverage containers and the like. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6911822 | Methods and devices for analysis of sealed containers This invention provides methods, NMR probes, and NMR systems for the analysis of the contents of sealed food and beverage containers and the like. ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6723285 | Food freshness indicator A system to detect spoilage of a food product is described in this invention. The present invention can be used to see if a food product is spoiled, by mixing a part of the food product with an indicator of food spoilage within a separate transparent compartment of ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6707539 | Portable product authentication device A portable product authentication device and method for analyzing key ingredients and the relative amounts of key ingredients in products which in turn enables authentication and monitoring products for authenticity, fraud and quality control is disclosed. Particula... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6541260 | Device for detecting and indicating fluid properties A device for detecting and providing an indication regarding one or more properties of a fluid retained in a bottle comprising a body member and a fluid property detecting substance, which can test for acidity, cork taint, or another fluid property, opera... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6514933 | Process for the production of a flavor or a fragrance formulation as well as an electronic data processing software program Described is a process and electronic data processing software program for carrying out same, for the creation of a flavor or fragrance formulation or for the determination of the use of a fragrance or flavor ingredient in a fragrance or flavor formulatio... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6490030 | Portable product authentication device A portable product authentication device and method for analyzing key ingredients and the relative amounts of key ingredients in products which in turn enables authentication and monitoring products for authenticity, fraud and quality control is disclosed... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6458595 | Automated fingerprint methods and chemistry for product authentication and monitoring Highly efficient, low cost, methods and compounds to determine product authenticity, tampering, manufacturing compliance are provided. The methods and chemicals defined are capable of measuring the relative amount of key materials in these products. The c... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6232124 | Automated fingerprint methods and chemistry for product authentication and monitoring Highly efficient, low cost, methods and compounds to determine product authenticity, tampering, manufacturing compliance are provided. The methods and chemicals defined are capable of measuring the relative amounts of key materials in these products. The ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6043095 | Method of evaluating separation and exhalation performance of volatile matters in boiling apparatus used in production of beer or malt liquors A method of evaluating a separation and exhalation performance of volatile matters present in a wort boiling apparatus used in the production of beer or malt liquors. The evaluation is conducted using a volatilization rate coefficient of dimethyl sulfide ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5891732 | Method for determining foaming behavior of a liquid The invention relates to a method for determining foaming behavior of a liquid by use of a gas, which includes supplying the gas to an amount of the substantially gas-free liquid to form a foam and analyzing one or more properties of the foam, wherein the... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5854072 | Method and apparatus for determining product-specific quality parameters of a liquid The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining product-specific quality parameters of liquid, especially liquid (14) containing alcohol and held in a container (12) such as a bottle or can, the quality parameters being determined by me... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5824554 | Detection of allergenic substances in food products A method and device for the detection of allergenic substances in food products. The device comprises a dining mat, such as a doily, formed of an absorbent material and small spots of reagents are applied to isolated zones on the mat. Each reagent is char... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5811305 | Analytical method for evaluating flavor stability of fermented alcoholic beverages using electron spin resonance Quantitative determination and evaluation of the flavor stability of fermented alcoholic beverages are performed by measuring the changes of the amount of spin adduct from the formation behavior of active oxygen with passage of time using an ESR apparatus... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5789250 | Taste measuring method using taste sensor with molecular film A taste measurement method using a taste sensor with a molecular film for an amphiphatic or bitter substance comprises dipping the taste sensor in the target measurement solution for a predetermined period of time; removing, from the target measurement so... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5753511 | Automated fingerprint methods and chemistry for product authentication and monitoring Highly efficient, low cost, methods and compounds to determine product authenticity, tampering, manufacturing compliance are provided. The methods and chemicals defined are capable of measuring the relative amounts of key materials in these products. The ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5716850 | Monitoring the colour and bitterness of beer A method of determining one or both of the colour and bitterness of beer by illuminating the beer with light of a pre-determined wavelength, typically 400&#b1;30 nm, to cause iso--acids in the beer to fluoresce. The fluorescence is detected over a ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5658798 | Detection of process components in food process streams by fluorescence The invention is a method of monitoring for the presence of certain constituents of food processing streams by measurement of fluorescence. The constituent monitored can be a fluorescing impurity of a food product, or the food product itself if such natur... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5344782 | Assay method for the determination of lithium with novel substituted crown dyes Assay methods are provided for determining the presence of lithium in high sodium content liquids such as serum, plasma, urine or other sample without deproteinization. The novel compounds are water soluble derivatives of TMC-crownformazans and provide si... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5318078 | Process for bottling beverages The invention concerns a process for controlling and/ or distinguishing liquids used in the brewing industry. To distinguish water, rinse water, different kinds of beer, and various non-alcoholic drinks with the help of technical measuring devices, a meas... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5200909 | Method for evaluation of a liquid, particularly wine A method and apparatus for classifying wine by chemically analyzing a wine sample to determine content values indicative of amounts of constituents in the wine sample, evaluating potential interaction among constituents in the wine sample, converting the ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5198339 | Method for detection of gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharides in biological fluids The invention relates to a method of detecting gram-negative bacterial endotoxin using antibody capture combined with amoebocyte lysate chromogenic detection. The method is highly sensitive and rapid and may be used for detection of specific endotoxin. In... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5179005 | Minimum procedure system for the determination of analytes A method for determining the presence of an analyte in a fluid is described along with various components of an apparatus specifically designed to carry out the method. The method involves taking a reflectance reading from one surface of an inert porous m... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4987083 | Photometric analyzer and controller for beverages An improved process and apparatus for making carbonated beverages in which water is mixed with a syrup and the resulting mixture is carbonated and filled into containers in a filling line, the improvement is the following: a sample of beverage is continuo... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4935346 | Minimum procedure system for the determination of analytes A method for determining the presence of an analyte in a fluid is described along with various components of an apparatus specifically designed to carry out the method. The method involves taking a reflectance reading from one surface of an inert porous m... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4751185 | Analysis method for hop bittering components An analysis method for hop bittering components which comprises a step of separating and analysing hop bittering components by liquid chromatography, characterized by trapping hop bittering components contained in a sample to be measured in a precolumn co... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4550082 | Process for the detection and the qualitative and quantitative differentiation of naturally deuterated molecules and application thereof more especially to the detection of chaptalization of wines A process is provided for the detection and qualitative and quantitive differentiation of naturally deuterated molecules. This process consists in (a) preparing a standard by mixing a commercially available hydrocarbonic product with its artifically deuterated... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4300905 | Rapid test for ascorbic acid determination Compositions and methods for rapidly determining ascorbic acid in aqueous solutions, consisting of an absorbent carrier containing 2,18-phosphomolybdic acid, an aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid buffer to adjust the test to pH 2.5 to 5.0, and an alkali chl... | 11/17/1981 |
