Patents by Inventor Edward L. Carmines

Edward L. Carmines 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).

  • Detection of nitrates from tobacco for correlation with the amount of tobacco-specific nitrosamines within the tobacco
    Patent number: 7538324
    Abstract: A system for detecting nitrates in a tobacco sample having a light source, and a detection device. The light source provides a beam of light incident to a tobacco sample, which is reflected from the tobacco sample to the detection device. A computing device computes the amount of nitrates within the tobacco sample based on data received from the detection device to correlate the amount of tobacco-specific nitrosamines within the tobacco sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Seetharama C. Deevi, Edward L. Carmines