ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,522, issued on July 22, was assigned to HACH COMPANY (Loveland, Colo.).
"Colorimeter optical measurement interference mitigation" was invented by Russell Paul Gorham (Windsor, Colo.) and Nelson E. Dervaes (Fort Collins, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment provides a method for measuring an analyte of a sample using a colorimeter, including: introducing the sample into a measurement chamber of the colorimeter, wherein the measurement chamber comprises an optical path from a light source to an optical sensor; identifying and waiting a sample settling period, wherein the sample settling period comprises a dynamic length o...