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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
P. Richard Warburton, Moon Township, PA (US);
Assignee:
Industrial Scientific Corporation, Oakdale, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/7404 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/7404 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining the operating condition of a gas sensor apparatus including an amperometric electrochemical sensor operating normally in a potentiostat mode. By coating the sensor with a conductive coating or by varying one or more operating conditions, a response of the sensor can be determined and compared with sensor response while operating normally. This testing enables abnormalities in sensor operation to be determined, and failure of the sensor to be predicted.