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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992

Filed:

Feb. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Paul E Theobald, Fullerton, CA (US);

Daniel B Seymour, Chino, CA (US);

Dobson M Okawa, Anaheim, CA (US);

Assignee:

Beckman Instruments, Inc., Fullerton, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436536 ; 356 39 ; 356339 ; 356442 ; 422 73 ; 436164 ; 436805 ; 436807 ; 436810 ; 436909 ;
Abstract

A scatter signal is produced from light scattered by a precipitate formed by a chemical reaction and non-specific scatter sources. A blanking signal is produced from light scattered only by the non-specific scatter sources that contribute to the scatter signal, and the blanking signal is subtracted from the scatter signal to dynamically produce a signal indicative of the difference between the scatter signals to reduce the effects of non-specific scattering sources in determining the rate of change of the light scattered by the precipitate. One of the scatter signals may be stored and then combined with the other, or the signals may be measured simultaneously and then combined.


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