Patents by Inventor Eric Mikkelsen

Eric Mikkelsen 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).

  • Apparatus and process for measuring the color of paints
    Patent number: 4511251
    Abstract: An apparatus for the inspection of fluids, particularly paints, having a housing with a cavity and enclosed with a light transmitting window and having an insert member positioned in the cavity which provides a fluid chamber where fluid flows by the window and wherein the flow is laminar and undirectional. This provides a view area of the liquid whose color parameter can be accurately measured by a colorimeter of spectrophotometer. The apparatus is particularly useful in the manufacture of paints so that the color of the paint being made can be accurately matched to a standard color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Allan F. Falcoff, Eric Mikkelsen, Allan B. J. Rodrigues