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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2023
Applicant:
Spex Sampleprep, Llc, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SPEX SamplePrep, LLC, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/42 (2006.01); B02C 19/18 (2006.01); B02C 25/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/42 (2013.01); B02C 19/186 (2013.01); B02C 25/00 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2866 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cryogenic grinding system, method, and apparatus for processing a sample. The system includes a cryogen source, a containment vessel for containing the sample and the cryogen, a blade for grinding the sample, and a controller. The controller controls at least one of: a quantity of cryogen introduced into the container; a grinding duration of the at least one blade; or a grinding speed of the at least one blade based on at least one of: a user input via a grinding system input, a mass of the sample placed in the containment vessel; or a temperature within the containment vessel.