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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155893 | Energy flow measurement in gas pipelines Thermodynamic properties of a natural gas stream can be determined in real time utilizing modeling algorithms in conjunction with one or more sensors for quantifying physical and chemical properties of the natural gas. A first data signal produced by a first sensor ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8078410 | Sensing using polarization diversity and wavelength dependent backscatter Provided herein are systems and methods capable of detecting and discriminating and/or classifying hazardous biological agents or other hazardous agents. In one aspect, a system measures electromagnetic energy scattered by a material at the different polarizations s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073637 | Energy flow measurement in gas pipelines Thermodynamic properties of a natural gas stream can be determined in real time utilizing modeling algorithms in conjunction with one or more sensors for quantifying physical and chemical properties of the natural gas. Related techniques, apparatus, systems, and art... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065094 | Method of calculating the structure of an inhomogeneous sample A method is provided of calculating the structure of an inhomogeneous sample in which an electron beam is used to cause excitation of x-rays from the sample under known conditions of beam energy and geometry with respect to the sample. Notably the beam current is un... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065095 | Systems for terrestrial target detection and characterization using a dispersed fourier transform spectrometer A precision molecular and motion sensor utilizing a Dispersed Fourier Transform Spectrometer to remotely sense targets. Remote sensing is conducted at various ranges, against various ambient backgrounds, to detect, classify, identify, characterize, and discriminate ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8010301 | Method and system for monitoring changes in a sample for a process or an environment Systems and methods for monitoring a sample or a sample flow associated with a process or an environment. The systems and methods transmit terahertz signals at the sample, receive a resulting spectral response, perform a spectral analysis, and display a result or ch... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7974790 | Particulate determination method A particulate determination method determines by onetime scanning, the size of a particulate included in a plurality of particulates of various sizes which are arranged on a disc. False recognition of the number of particulates is avoided even when a plurality of pa... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7912656 | System and method for providing amplitude spectroscopy of a multilevel quantum system A system and method for providing amplitude spectroscopy is provided. Generally, the system contains a generator for providing a waveform for analysis of a multilevel quantum system, wherein the generator has the capability of changing amplitude of the waveform prov... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7881878 | Systems, devices, and methods for diffusion tractography Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, which can comprise automatically causing a representation of body tissue to be rendered. The body tissue can be tracked via clusters. The clusters each can comprise a predetermined number of particles. Each particle o... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7778783 | Method and apparatus for analysis of elements in bulk substance A substance analyzer utilizing Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis for identifying characteristics of a substance and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The analyzer is small enough to be portable and to allow its use in many applications where cur... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7627438 | Observer based -control imaging methods for atomic force microscopy An observer based Q control method for a cantilever in an atomic force microscopy is provided that provides for a “dual” Q behavior such that a particular effective Q is achieved when a sample is present and another effective Q when a sample is absent. In the co... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7567871 | Automatic material labeling during spectral image data acquisition A system for performing spectral microanalysis delivers analysis results during the course of data collection. As spectra are collected from pixels on a specimen, the system periodically analyzes the spectra to statistically derive underlying spectra representing pr... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7463983 | TOF with clock phase to time bin distribution A TOF mass spectrometer has a clock phase to time bin cycling device that distributes data among storage cells in a random or systematic pattern that cancels out errors due to binary clock path and/or binary signal line irregularities. Data for peaks acquired from p... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7430480 | Particulate determination method A particulate determination method determines by onetime scanning, the size of a particulate included in a plurality of particulates of various sizes which are arranged on a disc. False recognition of the number of particulates is avoided even when a plurality of pa... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424367 | Method for predicting lithology and porosity from seismic reflection data Method for predicting lithology and porosity of subsurface rocks from seismic reflection data. The seismic data is inverted to yield elastic properties of the rocks such as the compressional and shear impedances. A rock physics model is built to relate porosity, the... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412334 | Mass spectrometer and method for enhancing resolution of mass spectra A mass spectrometer comprises an ion detector, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, a sample adjuster, and an adder. The A/D converter is configured to receive and sample an analog signal from the ion detector thereby providing a plurality of samples. The adder is ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7391017 | Mass scale alignment of time-of-flight mass spectra The invention generates mass scale comparability between mass spectra which are acquired in time-of-flight mass spectrometers, particularly with ionization by matrix-assisted laser desorption. Always slightly distorted mass scales of different mass spectra from the ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383129 | Method and system for geo-referencing and visualization of detected contaminants A system and method are provided for visualizing a scene that is monitored for substance contamination. The scene is scanned with a substance detector to detect a substance, such as a harmful chemical or biological substance. The position of the substance is determi... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373257 | Photometrically modulated delivery of reagents A process system adapted for processing of or with a material therein. The process system includes: a sampling region for the material; an infrared photometric monitor constructed and arranged to transmit infrared radiation through the sampling region and to respons... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373256 | Method for the identification of molecules and biomarkers using chemical, biochemical and biological data This invention pertains generally to the field of multivariate statistics, and in particular to new methods for the analysis (e.g., chemometrics) of chemical, biochemical, and biological data, including, for example, spectral data, including but not limited to nucle... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373258 | Method for monitoring and regulating selective hydrogenation of olefinic gasoline fractions This invention describes a method for determining the content of conjugated diolefins by means of the measurement of the MAV of a sample of catalytic cracking gasoline or thermal cracking gasoline, from its NIR (near-infrared) spectrum, and the application of said m... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368280 | Detection of biospecific interactions using amplified differential time domain spectroscopy signal A method for detecting specific associations between a tethered molecule and an untethered target molecule. The method comprises (1) selecting a tethered molecule; (2) alternately impinging THz radiation onto the tethered molecule and onto a sample including the tet... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366650 | Software and hardware simulation A verification environment is provided that co-verifies a software component 8 and a hardware component 10. Within the same environment using a common test controller 18 both hardware stimuli and software stimuli may be applied to their respecti... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365864 | Method of determining properties of patterned thin film metal structures using transient thermal response The present invention measures a structure including multiple narrow metallic regions, each being disposed between neighboring regions comprising a second, non-metallic material. One step of the method is exciting the structure by irradiating it with a spatially per... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359804 | System and method for calibrating remote emissions sensing instruments A system and method is provided for obtaining calibration curves for CO and CO2 during laboratory calibration of one or more remote emissions sensing (RES) instruments, and for self-calibration of on-road RES instruments to compensate for changes in backg... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356365 | Method and apparatus for tissue oximetry In accordance with the invention, the oxygenation of blood-profused tissue is measured by shining light into the profused tissue and analyzing the light reflected within the tissue. The light is reflected by cell walls in the tissue and is partially absorbed by hemo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356446 | Method and apparatus for analyzing multi-channel chromatogram A method for analyzing a multi-channel chromatogram is realized for accurately resolving overlapping peaks on a multi-channel chromatogram to permit analysis of the composition of a sample. First, components of overlapping peaks are specified. A data matrix Dij is d... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348553 | Aspects of mass spectral calibration A method for calibrating and analyzing data from a mass spectrometer, comprising the steps of acquiring raw profile mode data containing mass spectral responses of ions with or without isotopes; calculating theoretical isotope distributions for each of at least one ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345275 | Mass spectrometric based method for sample identification There is provided a mass spectrometric based method for sample identification, including the steps of introducing sample compounds into a vacuum chamber of a mass spectrometer in a seeded supersonic molecular beam, ionizing with electrons the sample compounds, being... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333897 | Method and system for identifying material composition based upon polarization trajectories A system and method for determining a most likely material composition of an object. At least one respective stored radiation polarization transformation is stored for at least one material composition at a plurality of wavelengths. A transmitted electromagnetic sig... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330606 | Method and system for extracting data from surface array deposited features A method for evaluating an orientation of a molecular array having features arranged in a pattern. An image of the molecular array is obtained by scanning the molecular array to determine data signals emanating from discrete positions on a surface of the molecular a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319520 | Method for separating fluorescence spectra of dyes present in a sample A system and a method for setting a fluorescence spectrum measurement system for microscopy is disclosed. Using illuminating light (3) from at least one laser that emits light of one wavelength, a continuous wavelength region is generated. Dyes are stored, wi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310581 | Bulk material analyzer system A real-time bulk material analyzing system is disclosed for analyzing the elemental characteristics of bulk material passing by the system on a moving conveyor belt. An exemplary embodiment includes a source of illumination emitting white light for exciting bulk mat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308366 | Method of determining a weighted regression model and method of predicting a component concentration of mixture using the weighted regression model In a method of determining a regression model, and a method of predicting a component concentration of a test mixture using the regression model, the method of determining the regression model includes selecting a regression model, generating a plurality of observat... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302313 | Air quality monitoring systems and methods An air monitoring system is disclosed having an air monitoring unit with at least one sensor for measuring data of an air quality parameter and a computer for storing the air quality parameter data received from the sensor. The air monitoring unit may use an install... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302353 | Method for radiation spectroscopy using seeded localized averaging (“SLA”) and channel-address recycling A method, and apparatus for carrying it out, for processing pulses derived from a radiation detector, those pulses having already been resolved by a pulse-height analyzer into channels having respective addresses indicative of their respective heights. The method in... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7288768 | Method for measuring the amount of an organic substance in a food product with infrared electromagnetic radiation A method for measuring the amount of an organic substance in a food product with infrared electromagnetic radiation. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286869 | Choice of wavelengths for multiwavelength optical imaging The present invention relates to a method for wavelength selection in a multi-wavelength TPSF or CW-based optical imaging system. This consists of identifying several chromophores in a highly turbid medium and selecting optimized wavelengths whereby using these wave... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283245 | Handheld device with a disposable element for chemical analysis of multiple analytes A portable system and method for measuring the concentration of multiple chemical or biological substances where an onsite analysis of such substances is needed. The new and original handheld sensor system uses a disposable optical test element and a spectroscopic d... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280203 | Method for setting a fluorescence spectrum measurement system for microscopy A method for separating fluorescence spectra of dyes present in a specimen (15) is disclosed. Firstly a spectral scan of the fluorescence spectrum of all the dyes present in the specimen (15) is performed. The fluorescence spectra associated with the r... | 10/09/2007 |
