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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:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mita Chattoraj, Warrenville, IL (US);
Michael J. Fehr, Geneva, IL (US);
Steven R. Hatch, Naperville, IL (US);
Robert W. Shiely, Batavia, IL (US);
Assignee:
Nalco Chemical Company, Naperville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 ; C12Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 ; C12Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method for monitoring both the planktonic and sessile microbial populations in an industrial water system by the addition of a fluorogenic dye compound is described and claimed.