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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
May. 23, 2023
Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments Llc, Madison, WI (US);
Stephen Carlson, Houston, TX (US);
Antoine Uzzeni, Escondido, CA (US);
Elizabeth Harchick, Del Mar, CA (US);
Christopher Barnard, Rushden, GB;
Landon Vaughn, La Jolla, CA (US);
Andrew Lechner, Houston, TX (US);
Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are scientific instrument utilization tracking systems, as well as related methods, computing devices, and computer-readable media. For example, in some embodiments, a method of tracking utilization of a scientific instrument may include: receiving, at a computing system, first data from a power sensor associated with the scientific instrument, wherein the power sensor monitors power consumption by the scientific instrument; generating, by the computing system based on the first data, multiple power consumption ranges associated with corresponding operational states of the scientific instrument; receiving, at the computing system, second data from the power sensor associated with the scientific instrument; and outputting, by the computing system, indications of the operational states over time of the scientific instrument based on the second data and the power consumption ranges.