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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:
Aug. 13, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Schade, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
A Douglas King, Jr, Martinez, CA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; B07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2504591 ; 2504612 ;
Abstract
Aflatoxin contamination in almonds is detected by exposing almond kernels to long wave ultraviolet light and detecting the presence of aflatoxin as determined by violet-purple fluorescence. The method is particularly adaptable to automation to detect and sort out aflatoxin contaminated almonds.