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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:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2010
Applicants:

Leonid Matsiev, San Jose, CA (US);

James Bennett, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Michael Weickert, Emerald Hills, CA (US);

Inventors:

Leonid Matsiev, San Jose, CA (US);

James Bennett, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Michael Weickert, Emerald Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

S.E.A. Medical Systems, Inc., Emerald Hills, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3181 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are systems and methods for determining the location, composition and concentration of a hydrocarbon containing plume in environmental seawater. These systems and methods disclosed use multiple complex admittance measurements from seawater in order to identify the contents, concentration, and location of the hydrocarbon containing plume. In preferred variations system includes a sensor array that substantially simultaneously records plume location, depth, and composition.


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