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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:
Jan. 15, 1991
Filed:
May. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip W Morrison, Jr, South Windsor, CT (US);
Peter R Solomon, West Hartford, CT (US);
David G Hamblen, East Hampton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Fuel Research, Inc., East Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364557 ; 374129 ; 356 43 ;
Abstract
An optical technique for determining surface temperature utilizes the Christiansen effect that is exhibited by dielectric materials; i.e., strong absorption bands at certain wavenumber values, causing the radiance of the material to be that which would characterize a theoretical black body at that wavenumber value.