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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:
May. 23, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:

Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventors:

Bin Dai, Wildwood, MO (US);

Susan Macisaac, Harrisburg, NC (US);

Kevin L. Deppermann, St. Charles, MO (US);

Mark Ehrhardt, St. Louis, MO (US);

Brad White, Creve Coeur, MO (US);

Wayne Brown, St. Charles, MO (US);

Paul Krasucki, St. Charles, MO (US);

Jemmi C. McDonald, Kirkwood, MO (US);

Assignee:

Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 24/08 (2006.01); G01R 33/44 (2006.01); G01R 33/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 24/08 (2013.01); G01R 33/307 (2013.01); G01R 33/445 (2013.01); G01R 33/448 (2013.01);
Abstract

The current disclosure describes an automated high-throughput small object sorting system for separating small object via oil and/or moisture content using novel nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) systems and methods. The disclosed systems and methods for measuring the oil and/or moisture content of a single small object in a low-field time domain NMR instrument are superior in sample throughput and signal-to-noise ratio to conventional NMR systems and methods (free induction decay or spin echo) for single small object oil/moisture measurement.


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