Patents by Inventor Rachel Nicole Seals

Rachel Nicole Seals 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).

  • Fluorescent measurement of filming amines
    Patent number: 11035798
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring amines in a solution, including: preparing an indicator-metal complex, wherein the indicator-metal complex comprises an indicator and a metal; introducing the indicator-metal complex to a solution, wherein the solution contains an amount of amine, wherein the amine activates the indicator-metal complex causing a change in fluorescence intensity of the indicator-metal complex; and measuring the amount of amine in the solution by measuring the change in fluorescence intensity of the indicator-metal complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Darren Kent MacFarland, Rachel Nicole Seals
  • FLUORESCENT MEASUREMENT OF FILMING AMINES
    Publication number: 20210018442
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method for measuring amines in a solution, including: preparing an indicator-metal complex, wherein the indicator-metal complex comprises an indicator and a metal; introducing the indicator-metal complex to a solution, wherein the solution contains an amount of amine, wherein the amine activates the indicator-metal complex causing a change in fluorescence intensity of the indicator-metal complex; and measuring the amount of amine in the solution by measuring the change in fluorescence intensity of the indicator-metal complex. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Darren Kent MacFarland, Rachel Nicole Seals