Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing – Food or dairy products
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-18
2005-01-18
Gakh, Yelena G. (Department: 1743)
Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
Food or dairy products
C436S086000, C436S095000, C436S164000, C436S171000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06844194
ABSTRACT:
A corn plant is evaluated by a six-step method. The first step is to select a population of mature corn plants to be evaluated. A limited number of representative plants from the population are then selected. The representative plants are then harvested by cutting them near the ground. The plants are then ground into a homogeneous mixture. A sample of the homogeneous mixture is then analyzed in a near infrared spectrometer. The analysis is then compared with an existing correlation between near infrared analyses and wet-test chemistry tested nutritional compositional characteristics to predict the compositional characteristics of the corn plant population.
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Bajjalieh Nicholi L.
Boyd Thomas R.
Breining, II James A.
Camerer, III William R.
Bateman Philip L.
Doebler's Hybrids, Inc.
Gakh Yelena G.
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