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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:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Scott D Morgan, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 39 ; 435808 ; 377 10 ; 382133 ;
Abstract
Changes in specified indicia of colony growth in the early stages of incubation are monitored to provide the early detection and enumeration of colonies in the growth medium. Data from images collected at different times is processed to enhance the detection of subtle changes in the specified indicia of colony growth and provide an early indication of the number of colonies present in the growth medium.