Patents by Inventor Reiner Hofling

Reiner Hofling 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).

  • Reduction furnace for quantitative deuterium determination in hydrogen-containing samples
    Patent number: 6046450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the quantitative determination of deuterium in samples containing hydrogen, and to a reduction oven for reducing gaseous or liquid substances containing hydrogen, which may be coupled directly to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), thereby permitting an online-coupled, reliable deuterium determination which can be automatized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Gehre, Reiner Hofling, Peter Kowski
  • Reduction furnace process for quantitative deuterium determination in hydrogen containing samples
    Patent number: 5976890
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the quantitative determination of deuterium in samples containing hydrogen, and to a reduction oven for reducing gaseous or liquid substances containing hydrogen, which may be coupled directly to an isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS), thereby permitting an online-coupled, reliable deuterium determination which can be automatized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Gehre, Reiner Hofling, Peter Kowski