Patents by Inventor Edith A. Widder

Edith A. Widder 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).

  • Bioluminescence bathyphotometer
    Patent number: 5264906
    Abstract: A high intake, defined excitation, vertical profiling survey bioluminescence bathyphotometer system designed to measure, from a statistically significant sample with a calibrated hydromechanical stimulus, (1) the bioluminescence of phytoplankton and zooplankton organisms in the oceanic water column to depths of 400 meters in absolute units of photons per second per volume (intensity) or photons per volume (total flux), (2) the concentration of bioluminescent population in flashes per volume, (3) the average light intensity per bioluminescent event, and (4) population flash dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Ferer, James F. Case, Edith A. Widder, Steven A. Bernstein, Mark Lowenstine