Patents by Inventor Manuela Gerber

Manuela Gerber 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 for testing an analytical instrument
    Patent number: 9297821
    Abstract: A method and system for testing the functional capability of an analytical instrument uses first and second blind samples. Each blind sample is a test substance with an amount of a parameter to be tested that is unknown to the user. Each blind sample is provided with an identification means with a unique identification. When the blind samples are tested by the user in the instrument being tested, the measurement values obtained and the unique identifications read are compared against predetermined values that are accessible to a test program configured as software on the analytical instrument. By comparison of the measurement values and the predetermined values, the functional capability of the analytical instrument is determined and the result is transmitted to an output unit of the analytical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Mettler-Toledo GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Walter, Félix Bécheiraz, Manuela Gerber, Rolf Rohner
  • METHOD FOR TESTING AN ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20140227791
    Abstract: A method and system for testing the functional capability of an analytical instrument uses first and second blind samples. Each blind sample is a test substance with an amount of a parameter to be tested that is unknown to the user. Each blind sample is provided with an identification means with a unique identification. When the blind samples are tested by the user in the instrument being tested, the measurement values obtained and the unique identifications read are compared against predetermined values that are accessible to a test program configured as software on the analytical instrument. By comparison of the measurement values and the predetermined values, the functional capability of the analytical instrument is determined and the result is transmitted to an output unit of the analytical instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Christian Walter, Félix Bécheiraz, Manuela Gerber, Rolf Rohner