ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,870, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Analysis apparatus, analysis method, and computer-readable recording medium for detecting deterioration in tcd" was invented by Kazuki Masuo (Tokyo), Ryota Ichimura (Tokyo) and Hideyuki Mochizuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analysis apparatus includes an extraction unit that extracts a baseline portion from chromatographic data that is acquired from an apparatus, and a determination unit that determines a normality in the apparatus based on normal chromatographic data and a feature of the baseline portion of the chromatographic data extracted by th...