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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2007
Applicants:

Christopher D. Brown, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Gregory H. Vander Rhodes, Melrose, MA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher D. Brown, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Gregory H. Vander Rhodes, Melrose, MA (US);

Assignee:

Ahura Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 23/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods for determining the most likely composition of sample are disclosed. The methods can include: obtaining data from a sample, where the data includes a representation of a measured spectrum; determining a precision state of the representation of the measured spectrum; providing a plurality of library candidates; for each library candidate, providing data representing each library candidate, where the data includes a representation of a library spectrum; determining a representation of the similarity of the sample to each library candidate; determining the most likely composition of the sample based upon the determined representations of similarity of the sample to each library candidate; and displaying the most likely composition of the sample to a user.


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