US Patent Issued to Acustrip on Feb. 3 for "Method and kit for detecting diesel exhaust fluid in fuel" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,930, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Acustrip Co. Inc. (Denville, N.J.).

"Method and kit for detecting diesel exhaust fluid in fuel" was invented by Ronald Schornstein (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) and Samuel D'Arcangelis (Randolph, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and kit for detecting the presence of diesel exhaust fluid in fuel is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a fuel sample, combining the fuel sample with a buffered urease solution to make a test solution, agitating the test solution, allowing the test solution to separate into layers and convert urea to ammonia. The method also includes adjusting a pH of the aque...