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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:
Mar. 29, 2011

Filed:

May. 31, 2006
Applicants:

Laura R. Skubal, West Brooklyn, IL (US);

Alan L. Mcarthur, Mokena, IL (US);

Inventors:

Laura R. Skubal, West Brooklyn, IL (US);

Alan L. McArthur, Mokena, IL (US);

Assignee:

Uchicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 31/00 (2006.01); G01N 30/96 (2006.01); G01J 1/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for identifying and making quantitative determinations of different deposits on a portion thereof, determining that the deposit is a contaminant and decontaminating at least the portion of the system is disclosed. The system comprises a controller, a sensing portion and a decontamination portion. The controller contains information about at least one noncontaminant. The sensing portion communicates with at least the controller and the portion of the system and is adapted to detect the deposit. The decontaminating portion communicates with at least the controller and is adapted to decontaminate the portion of the system.


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