ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,799, issued on May 19, was assigned to Sartorius Stedim Data Analytics AB (Umea, Sweden).
"Automated foam detection" was invented by Jonas Austerjost (Goettingen, Germany), Jens Matuszczyk (Goettingen, Germany), Robert Soeldner (Goettingen, Germany), Rickard Sjoegren (Umea, Sweden), Christoffer Edlund (Umea, Sweden) and David James Pollard (Bohemia, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method for detecting foam on the surface of a liquid medium contained in a vessel is described. The method including the steps of receiving a sample image of at least a portion of the vessel comprising the liquid-gas interface and ...