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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Jennifer Hartle, Harrisville, UT (US);
Clayton Ericson, Morgan, UT (US);
Stephen D. Ashmead, Clinton, UT (US);
Inventors:
Jennifer Hartle, Harrisville, UT (US);
Clayton Ericson, Morgan, UT (US);
Stephen D. Ashmead, Clinton, UT (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for determining the amount of metal amino acid chelate present in various chelate compositions. FT-IR is used to determine the amount of free amino acid present. The bound amino acids may be in the form of an amino acid complex or an amino acid chelate. A total metal analysis and measurement of ligand quantity is then performed, from which the percent of metal amino acid chelate in the sample is calculated.