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Measurement apparatus employing radiation

CA 1290469 C · Owner: Petro-Canada Inc. · Inventors: Komaru, Masaki; Tomoda, Toshimasa; Badono, Shinji

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A measuring apparatus for measuring a physical property of a substance using radiation has a source of radiation for irradiating the substance a radiation, detector which is disposed on the opposite side of the substance from the radiation source, a mask for allowing radiation to enter the radiation detector only along n prescribed pathways, and a signal processing and calculating device for calculating the physical property of the substance based on the radiation which is incident upon the radiation detector. The mask has n different mask patterns each comprising a plurality of pattern elements which allow the passage of radiation and which can be positioned between the substance and the …

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  • Granted October 8, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 8, 2008.
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FiledNovember 24, 1987
GrantedOctober 8, 1991
Term endedOctober 8, 2008
Patent numberCA 1290469 C
Classification (IPC)G01D1/02 +1 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedNov 24, 1987Patent grantedOct 8, 1991Term endedOct 8, 2008

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