Patents by Inventor Robert Lee Demorest

Robert Lee Demorest 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).

  • Analytical instrument and method for evaluating microbial contamination of an object
    Patent number: 8563265
    Abstract: An instrument and method for ascertaining a viable aerobic microbe count at to employing a two-point calibration curve of tthreshold to TVC for each type of sample. One point on the calibration curve is the x-intercept value (i.e., an estimated or experimental value for the logarithm of the minimum viable aerobic microbe count at commencement of testing (to) in a sample effective for causing the sample to reach tThreshold substantially instantaneously upon commencement of incubation). The other point is ascertained experimentally from a sample having a smaller known viable aerobic microbe count at to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mocon, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Mayer, Robert Lee Demorest
  • ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION OF AN OBJECT
    Publication number: 20120270261
    Abstract: An instrument and method for ascertaining a viable aerobic microbe count at to employing a two-point calibration curve of tthreshold to TVC for each type of sample. One point on the calibration curve is the x-intercept value (i.e., an estimated or experimental value for the logarithm of the minimum viable aerobic microbe count at commencement of testing (to) in a sample effective for causing the sample to reach tThreshold substantially instantaneously upon commencement of incubation). The other point is ascertained experimentally from a sample having a smaller known viable aerobic microbe count at to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel W. Mayer, Robert Lee Demorest