US Patent Issued to YS2 Humus on Oct. 7 for "Method of calibrating and operating apparatus for use in assessing the carbon content of soils" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,124, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to YS2 Humus Pty Ltd. (Southport, Australia).

"Method of calibrating and operating apparatus for use in assessing the carbon content of soils" was invented by Allan James Yeomans (Surfers Paradise, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a method of estimating the organic carbon content of soil or changes in organic carbon content of the soil over time using Loss On Ignition (LOI) in which a first sample of the soil is taken from a selected location and heated by forcing heated oxygen-containing gas through the soil sample, monitoring the temperature of the sample by using...