US Patent Issued to SHIMADZU on Nov. 25 for "Total organic carbon measurement method and total organic carbon measurement device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,928, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Total organic carbon measurement method and total organic carbon measurement device" was invented by Masahito Yahata (Kyoto, Japan) and Yoshiaki Nieda (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a total organic carbon measurement method and a total organic carbon measurement device capable of determining whether or not an acid has been added to a sample. An acid is introduced into a reaction unit in which the sample is placed from a reservoir in which the acid is reserved (step S103). The conductivity of the sample into which the acid has been intro...