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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Ian Cowe, York, GB;
Arthur Springsteen, Wilmington, OH (US);
Inventors:
Ian Cowe, York, GB;
Arthur Springsteen, Wilmington, OH (US);
Assignee:
Foss Analytical AB, Hoganas, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical reference is disclosed for wet foodstuffs including an optical reference material including a binder and a cereal formed into a matrix to fixedly hold an amount of water. The reference material is constituted with the binder, the cereal and the water present in amounts to provide the reference standard with desired spectral, mechanical and temporal characteristics.