Patents by Inventor Erich Probeck

Erich Probeck 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).

  • Method and device for detecting volatile analytes in air samples
    Patent number: 7950270
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device (16) for detecting volatile analytes in air samples, where a masssensitive sensor (20) with at least one sensor area (21) which is equipped with a surface layer with selective sensitivity for the analyte(s) to be detected is brought into contact with the air sample to be analyzed, the mass change of the surface layer is detected in the form of electrical signals and the electrical signals are evaluated. It is provided in accordance with the invention that the sensor signal is already evaluated at a point in time at which the maximum sensor signal for the analyte concentration in question is not yet obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventors: Reiner Kober, Thomas Christen, Erich Probeck, Joachim Bargon, Fritz Vögtle, Gerhard Horner
  • Method and device for detecting fumigants in air samples
    Patent number: 7459483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for detecting fumigants in air samples. The device can be designed for example as a portable analyzer 10 equipped with a stab probe 11 for sampling soil air. There are provided detection means 16 which, upon contact with the air sample, generate electrical signals which depend on the concentration of the fumigants to be detected in the air sample. In accordance with the invention, the detection means 16 comprise at least one mass-sensitive sensor, for example an array of quartz microbalances, which have suitable selective surface layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Kanesho Soil Treatment SPRL/BVBA
    Inventors: Reiner Kober, Wolf Stegmaier, Hans Ziegler, Erich Probeck, Thomas Christen, Joachim Bargon, Fritz Voegtle, Gerhard Horner
  • Method and Device for Detecting Volatile Analytes in Air Samples
    Publication number: 20080105029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device (16) for detecting volatile analytes in air samples, where a mass sensitive sensor (20) with at least one sensor area (21) which is equipped with a surface layer with selective sensitivity for the analyte(s) to be detected is brought into contact with the air sample to be analyzed, the mass change of the surface layer is detected in the form of electrical signals and the electrical signals are evaluated. It is provided in accordance with the invention that the sensor signal is already evaluated at a point in time at which the maximum sensor signal for the analyte concentration in question is not yet obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: KANESHO SOIL TREATMENT BVBA
    Inventors: Reiner Kober, Thomas Christen, Erich Probeck, Joachim Bargon, Fritz Vogtle, Gerhard Horner
  • Method and device for detecting fumigants in air samples
    Publication number: 20040079651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for detecting fumigants in air samples. The device can be designed for example as a portable analyzer 10 equipped with a stab probe 11 for sampling soil air. There are provided detection means 16 which, upon contact with the air sample, generate electrical signals which depend on the concentration of the fumigants to be detected in the air sample. In accordance with the invention, the detection means 16 comprise at least one mass-sensitive sensor, for example an array of quartz microbalances, which have suitable selective surface layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventors: Reiner Kober, Wolf Stegmeier, Hans Ziegler, Erich Probeck, Thomas Christen, Joachim Bargon, Fritz Vgtle, Gerhard Horner
  • Plant protection products in the form of a granulate with controlled release of the active agent
    Patent number: 6410042
    Abstract: Crop protection granules based on the active substance tetrahydro-3,5-dimethyl-1,3,5-thiadiazine-2-thione and comprising an outer shell having a proportion by weight of from 0.1 to 50% by weight, based on the granules, of which at least 50% by weight consists of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Schroeder, Reiner Kober, Reinhold Stadler, Jörn Tidow, Norbert Sendhoff, Erich Probeck