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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
John C. Hulteen, Afton, MN (US);
Kiran S. Kanukurthy, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Neal A. Rakow, Woodbury, MN (US);
Andrzej F. Rybacha, Coquitlam, CA;
Richard L. Rylander, Stillwater, MN (US);
Arthur Scheffler, Surrey, CA;
Zeljko Zupanc, Richmond, CA;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/55 (2014.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/55 (2013.01); G01N 21/783 (2013.01); G01N 21/274 (2013.01);
Abstract
Herein are disclosed optoelectronic methods and devices for detecting the presence of an analyte. Such methods and devices may comprise at least one sensing element that is responsive to the presence of an analyte of interest and that may be interrogated optically by the use of at least one light source and at least one light detector.