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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:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith E Nelson, Verdes, CA (US);
Claude C Crawford, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
Dynatech Laboratories, Inc., Chantilly, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 21 ; 264349 ;
Abstract
A vessel for holding at least one test sample to be measured for its fluorescence, wherein the vessel is formed from a material having a native fluorescence, and wherein the vessel is provided with a barrier which blocks penetration or at least reduces the extent of penetration of an exciting light into the vessel's fluorescable material to prevent fluorescent excitation of the vessel or at least reduces the extent to which the vessel is fluorescently excited when exposed to an exciting light during the fluorometric measurement.