Patents by Inventor Ian Cowe

Ian Cowe 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).

  • Optical reference standard
    Patent number: 7477375
    Abstract: An optical reference is disclosed for wet foodstuffs including an optical reference material including a binder and a cereal formed into a matrix to fixedly hold an amount of water. The reference material is constituted with the binder, the cereal and the water present in amounts to provide the reference standard with desired spectral, mechanical and temporal characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Foss Analytical AB
    Inventors: Ian Cowe, Arthur Springsteen
  • Optical Reference Standard
    Publication number: 20070289355
    Abstract: An optical reference is disclosed for wet foodstuffs including an optical reference material including a binder and a cereal formed into a matrix to fixedly hold an amount of water. The reference material is constituted with the binder, the cereal and the water present in amounts to provide the reference standard with desired spectral, mechanical and temporal characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: FOSS ANALYTICAL AB
    Inventors: Ian Cowe, Arthur Springsteen
  • Reference standard and method for calibration
    Patent number: 7057164
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reference standard for calibration of an analysis instrument. The reference standard comprises a solid body formed of a number of compounds and a substrate having scattering properties similar to a product to be analyzed with said analysis instrument and being spectrally neutral in a wavelength range to be used in the analysis instrument. The substrate and the compounds in combination with respect to intensity, wavelength and scattering properties imitate the spectral response of the product to be analyzed with said analysis instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Foss Analytical AB
    Inventors: Arthur Springsteen, Ian A. Cowe
  • Reference standard and method for calibration
    Publication number: 20040262510
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reference standard for calibration of an analysis instrument. The reference standard comprises a solid body formed of a number of compounds and a substrate having scattering properties similar to a product to be analyzed with said analysis instrument and being spectrally neutral in a wavelength range to be used in the analysis instrument. The substrate and the compounds in combination with respect to intensity, wavelength and scattering properties imitate the spectral response of the product to be analyzed with said analysis instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: FOSS TECATOR AB
    Inventors: Arthur Springsteen, Ian A. Cowe