Patents by Inventor Claire Nurcombe

Claire Nurcombe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Olfactory method for assessing quantitative and qualitative odor characteristic in an airstream
    Patent number: 7143631
    Abstract: An olfactory method for simultaneously assessing a quantity and a quality of odors in an airstream, comprising the steps of determining a first mean value of results of ratings of an acceptability of an odor of a single airstream, rated by a group of test persons; determining a second mean value of results of ratings of an odour intensity done by the same group of test persons for the same odorous airstream; determining a decipol value of ratings of a perceived air quality according to the method of Fanger of the same odorous airstream, rated by the same group of test persons; providing a matrix containing all mathematically possible values of the acceptability of rating, the odor intensity rating and the decipol values of the perceived air quality, wherein each value or a range of values of one the three rating categories is assigned to one score in a scale of scores: determining a score for each of the values taken from steps a), b), and c) by classifying it into one of the values or ranges of values in a c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Claire Nurcombe
  • Olfactory method for assessing quantitative and qualitative odour characteristic in an airstream
    Publication number: 20050141668
    Abstract: An olfactory method for simultaneously assessing a quantity and a quality of odours in an airstream, comprising the steps of determining a first mean value of results of ratings of an acceptability of an odour of a single airstream, rated by a group of test persons; determining a second mean value of results of ratings of an odour intensity done by the same group of test persons for the same odourous airstream; determining a decipol value of ratings of a perceived air quality according to the method of Fanger of the same odourous airstream, rated by the same group of test persons; providing a matrix containing all mathematically possible values of the acceptability of rating, the odour intensity rating and the decipol values of the perceived air quality, wherein each value or a range of values of one the three rating categories is assigned to one score in a scale of scores: determining a score for each of the values taken from steps a), b), and c) by classifying it into one of the values or ranges of values i
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventor: Claire Nurcombe