US Patent Issued to Alpha M.O.S on March 18 for "Method and device for characterising a fluid sample" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,498, issued on March 18, was assigned to Alpha M.O.S (Toulouse, France).

"Method and device for characterising a fluid sample" was invented by Errol Mark Rodda (San Jose, Calif.) and Francois Loubet (Avignonet-Lauragais, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular fluid characterisation system is provided. The modular fluid characterisation system includes a sampling unit containing optional pre-processing units to condition samples, and a valve network to distribute samples to one or more characterisation modules. Each characterisation module includes one or more instruments for characterising samples, and optional additional p...