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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:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Wesley L. Bratton, Richland, WA (US);
Joseph W. Maresca, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wesley L. Bratton, Richland, WA (US);
Joseph W. Maresca, Jr., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Vista Engineering Technologies LLC, Kennewick, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for detecting, locating, and quantifying contamination in a fluid flow system like a pipe or duct. This characterization technique uses a conservative and one or more interactive tracers that are injected into the fluid flow system and then monitored at another location in the system. Detection, location, and quantification are accomplished by analysis of the characteristic features of measured curves of tracer concentration.