Patents by Inventor Corey Alan SALZER
Corey Alan SALZER 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).
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Patent number: 11959870Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring an analyte of a sample, including: introducing a sample to a sample region of a measurement device; the measurement device comprising: a measurement electrode and a ground electrode contacting the sample; a low-slope reference electrode in a reference electrode assembly having an electrolyte solution, wherein the electrolyte solution is in contact with the low-slope reference electrode; wherein the electrolyte solution is electrically coupled to the sample via at least one junction; and measuring a first potential between the measurement electrode and the ground electrode; measuring a second potential between the low-slope reference electrode and the ground electrode; determining an analyte in the sample by comparing the first potential and the second potential. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: HACH COMPANYInventors: Corey Alan Salzer, Russell Young
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Publication number: 20240069002Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for stirring a sample in a cell, including: providing a cell comprising a sample chamber; placing a boron-doped diamond electrode on an inner surface of the sample chamber, placing a removable stir bar in the sample chamber, the removable stir bar directly contacting and touching the boron-doped diamond electrode; and wherein the stir bar can be operated to rotate within the sample chamber upon the boron-doped diamond electrode. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Corey Alan Salzer, Dan Jonathan Kroll
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Patent number: 11808733Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring an alkalinity of an aqueous sample, including: introducing an aqueous sample to a voltammetric pH electrode; holding the potential of a voltammetric pH electrode at a pH end point potential; applying a voltage step waveform comprising at least one potential pulse to the voltammetric pH electrode; titrating the aqueous sample; and measuring a current output resulting from the voltage step waveform, wherein the measuring comprises square wave amperometry. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: HACH COMPANYInventor: Corey Alan Salzer
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Patent number: 11714059Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring a characteristic of an aqueous sample, including: introducing the aqueous sample to a titration region and a reaction region of a measurement device, wherein the titration region comprises a pH electrode and a protonator electrode contacting a first portion of an aqueous sample, wherein the reaction region comprises a counter electrode contacting a second portion of the aqueous sample; placing an electrolyte reservoir in a state of electrical continuity with the titration region and the reaction region, wherein the electrolyte reservoir comprises a reference electrode, wherein the volume of the electrolyte reservoir comprises a large volume of an electrolyte; and determining a characteristic of the aqueous sample by measuring an electrochemical characteristic between the reference electrode and at least one of: the pH electrode and the counter electrode. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: HACH COMPANYInventor: Corey Alan Salzer
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Publication number: 20230213469Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring an analyte of a sample, including: introducing a sample to a sample region of a measurement device; the measurement device comprising: a measurement electrode and a ground electrode contacting the sample; a low-slope reference electrode in a reference electrode assembly having an electrolyte solution, wherein the electrolyte solution is in contact with the low-slope reference electrode; wherein the electrolyte solution is electrically coupled to the sample via at least one junction; and measuring a first potential between the measurement electrode and the ground electrode; measuring a second potential between the low-slope reference electrode and the ground electrode; determining an analyte in the sample by comparing the first potential and the second potential. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Corey Alan Salzer, Russell Young
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Publication number: 20230122443Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for transferring information from at least one instrument to an application, including: establishing a central protocol structure, wherein the central protocol structure defines a format for information transmitted utilizing the central protocol structure; transmitting over a short-range wireless communication channel information from the at least one device to the application, wherein the information is formatted in a broadcast packet in view of the central protocol structure; receiving, at the application, information from the at least one device; and performing, within the application, an action with respect to the information within the application, wherein the performing comprises deciphering the information contained in view of the central protocol structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: HACH COMPANYInventors: Brian Alan HARMON, Gregory James LIPINSKI, Joseph Rockstan WILLIAMS, Theophilus Brian MOONEY, Timothy A. HIGGINS, Dan Jonathan KROLL, Vishnu RAJASEKHARAN, Corey Alan SALZER
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Patent number: 11595798Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for transferring information from at least one instrument to an application, including: establishing a central protocol structure, wherein the central protocol structure defines a format for information transmitted utilizing the central protocol structure; transmitting over a short-range wireless communication channel information from the at least one device to the application, wherein the information is formatted in a broadcast packet in view of the central protocol structure; receiving, at the application, information from the at least one device; and performing, within the application, an action with respect to the information within the application, wherein the performing comprises deciphering the information contained in view of the central protocol structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: HACH COMPANYInventors: Brian Alan Harmon, Gregory James Lipinski, Joseph Rockstan Williams, Theophilus Brian Mooney, Timothy A. Higgins, Dan Jonathan Kroll, Vishnu Rajasekharan, Corey Alan Salzer
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Patent number: 11474071Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for compensating for inteferants in measurement of alkalinity in a reagent-less system, including: introducing an aqueous sample into a measurement device comprising one or more series of electrodes; applying an electrical signal to the aqueous sample using the one or more series of electrodes, wherein the electrical signal is selected from the group consisting of: current and voltage; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an oxidation threshold and measuring, prior to reaching the oxidation threshold, a first electrical response to the electrical signal, the first electrical response attributable to interferants in the aqueous sample; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an endpoint and measuring, from the oxidation threshold to the endpoint, a second electrical response to the electrical signal; and measuring an alkalinity of the aqueous sample based upon a differencType: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: HACH COMPANYInventors: Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Corey Alan Salzer
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Publication number: 20220214306Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring an alkalinity of an aqueous sample, including: introducing an aqueous sample to a voltammetric pH electrode; holding the potential of a voltammetric pH electrode at a pH end point potential; applying a voltage step waveform comprising at least one potential pulse to the voltammetric pH electrode; titrating the aqueous sample; and measuring a current output resulting from the voltage step waveform, wherein the measuring comprises square wave amperometry. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventor: Corey Alan Salzer
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Publication number: 20220196588Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring a characteristic of an aqueous sample, including: introducing the aqueous sample to a titration region and a reaction region of a measurement device, wherein the titration region comprises a pH electrode and a protonator electrode contacting a first portion of an aqueous sample, wherein the reaction region comprises a counter electrode contacting a second portion of the aqueous sample; placing an electrolyte reservoir in a state of electrical continuity with the titration region and the reaction region, wherein the electrolyte reservoir comprises a reference electrode, wherein the volume of the electrolyte reservoir comprises a large volume of an electrolyte; and determining a characteristic of the aqueous sample by measuring an electrochemical characteristic between the reference electrode and at least one of: the pH electrode and the counter electrode. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventor: Corey Alan Salzer
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Publication number: 20210341418Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring total oxidant in a seawater sample, comprising: forming a seawater solution and a formed iodine by introducing a buffer and an iodide reagent to a seawater sample, wherein the seawater sample contains an amount of oxidant; placing the seawater solution in a measurement device, wherein the measurement device comprises a boron doped diamond working electrode reacting with the seawater solution and the formed iodine, wherein an electrochemical process reduces the formed iodine to iodide; and measuring the amount of total oxidant in the seawater sample by measuring, using the measurement device, an amount of iodide in the seawater sample. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Corey Alan Salzer, Ralf Leidner
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Publication number: 20210136540Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for transferring information from at least one instrument to an application, including: establishing a central protocol structure, wherein the central protocol structure defines a format for information transmitted utilizing the central protocol structure; transmitting over a short-range wireless communication channel information from the at least one device to the application, wherein the information is formatted in a broadcast packet in view of the central protocol structure; receiving, at the application, information from the at least one device; and performing, within the application, an action with respect to the information within the application, wherein the performing comprises deciphering the information contained in view of the central protocol structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Brian Alan Harmon, Gregory James Lipinski, Joseph Rockstan Williams, Theophilus Brian Mooney, Timothy A. Higgins, Dan Jonathan Kroll, Vishnu Rajasekharan, Corey Alan Salzer
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Publication number: 20200400610Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for compensating for inteferants in measurement of alkalinity in a reagent-less system, including: introducing an aqueous sample into a measurement device comprising one or more series of electrodes; applying an electrical signal to the aqueous sample using the one or more series of electrodes, wherein the electrical signal is selected from the group consisting of: current and voltage; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an oxidation threshold and measuring, prior to reaching the oxidation threshold, a first electrical response to the electrical signal, the first electrical response attributable to interferants in the aqueous sample; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an endpoint and measuring, from the oxidation threshold to the endpoint, a second electrical response to the electrical signal; and measuring an alkalinity of the aqueous sample based upon a differencType: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Corey Alan Salzer
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Patent number: 10801990Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for compensating for inteferants in measurement of alkalinity in a reagent-less system, including: introducing an aqueous sample into a measurement device comprising one or more series of electrodes; applying an electrical signal to the aqueous sample using the one or more series of electrodes, wherein the electrical signal is selected from the group consisting of: current and voltage; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an oxidation threshold and measuring, prior to reaching the oxidation threshold, a first electrical response to the electrical signal, the first electrical response attributable to interferants in the aqueous sample; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an endpoint and measuring, from the oxidation threshold to the endpoint, a second electrical response to the electrical signal; and measuring an alkalinity of the aqueous sample based upon a differencType: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: HACH COMPANYInventors: Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Corey Alan Salzer
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Publication number: 20190317044Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for compensating for inteferants in measurement of alkalinity in a reagent-less system, including: introducing an aqueous sample into a measurement device comprising one or more series of electrodes; applying an electrical signal to the aqueous sample using the one or more series of electrodes, wherein the electrical signal is selected from the group consisting of: current and voltage; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an oxidation threshold and measuring, prior to reaching the oxidation threshold, a first electrical response to the electrical signal, the first electrical response attributable to interferants in the aqueous sample; identifying, during application of the electrical signal, that the electrical signal reaches an endpoint and measuring, from the oxidation threshold to the endpoint, a second electrical response to the electrical signal; and measuring an alkalinity of the aqueous sample based upon a differencType: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Corey Alan Salzer
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Patent number: 10126246Abstract: Described is a lab-on-a-chip device and a method of employing a lab-on-a-chip device for determining the concentration of species present in the water.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: HACH COMPANYInventors: Corey Alan Salzer, Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Isabel Nicola Huenig, Rainer Froemel, Markus Lenhard, Rolf Dieter Uthemann, Aria Farjam
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Patent number: 9739742Abstract: The present invention provides a remote monitoring system for monitoring the operation of a fluid treatment system and/or the qualities, characteristics, properties, etc., of the fluid being processed or treated by the fluid treatment system. The present invention also relates to carbon nanotube sensors.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Inventors: Corey Alan Salzer, Russell Martin Young, Michael Mario Carrabba, Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Christopher Patrick Fair, Frank Howland Carpenter, Jr., John Edwin Lee
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Publication number: 20160041103Abstract: Described is a lab-on-a-chip device and a method of employing a lab-on-a-chip device for determining the concentration of species present in the water.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Corey Alan Salzer, Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Isabel Nicola Huenig, Rainer Froemel, Markus Lenhard, Rolf Dieter Uthemann, Aria Farjam
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Patent number: 9182353Abstract: Described is a lab-on-a-chip device and a method employing a lab-on-a-chip device for determining the concentration of species present in water.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Hach CompanyInventors: Corey Alan Salzer, Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Isabel Nicola Huenig, Rainer Froemel, Markus Lenhard, Rolf Dieter Uthemann, Aria Farjam
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Publication number: 20150068900Abstract: The present invention provides a remote monitoring system for monitoring the operation of a fluid treatment system and/or the qualities, characteristics, properties, etc., of the fluid being processed or treated by the fluid treatment system. The present invention also relates to carbon nanotube sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Corey Alan Salzer, Russell Martin Young, Michael Mario Carabba, Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Christopher Patrick Fair, Terrance William Fitzgerald, Frank Howland Carpenter, JR., John Edwin Lee