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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Ecolab Usa Inc., Naperville, IL (US);
Inventor:
Robert S. Walicki, Oak Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ecolab USA Inc., Naperville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/78 (2006.01); G01N 31/22 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01); G01N 21/75 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/78 (2013.01); G01N 21/8483 (2013.01); G01N 31/22 (2013.01); G01N 33/18 (2013.01); G01N 2021/752 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7759 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for colorimetrically analyzing a liquid medium by analyzing chemical test strip images are provided. The liquid medium can be industrial water in an industrial water system. Image analyzing software carries out the analysis. The results of the analysis can be used to diagnosing a chemical treatment regimen of the industrial water system. A chemical test strip holder can be used to enhance reliability and repeatability of the imaging process and/or subsequent analysis.