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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:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Judit E. Puskas, London, CA;
Shahzad Barghi, London, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/702 ; G01N 2/726 ; G01N 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/702 ; G01N 2/726 ; G01N 2/700 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus of determining the degree of saturation of a decontamination-removing substance or adsorbent such as an alumina absorbent or activated charcoal. The method and apparatus is sufficiently sensitive to detect changes in the bulk specific electrical conductivity of the adsorbent.