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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:
Jul. 01, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
James A Patterson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Specific Volume Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7343 / ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for determining the amount of a precious metal, such as gold, in an object such as a gold nugget. The method uses certain specific volume techniques together with known properties of gold and other materials in carrying out the claimed invention.