EP0340018A3
Composition, apparatus and method for sensing ionic components
Abstract
A composition of matter useful for sensing the concentration of an ionic component in a medium comprising a cationic or anionic matrix material and a sensing component chemically bonded to the matrix material and being effective to provide a signal in response to the presence of the ionic component in the medium.

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| EP0263692A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report |
| EP0263693A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | Search report |
| DE3343636A1 | Cites | Germany | A | Search report |
| AT384891B | Cites | Austria | X | Search report |
| US4716118A | Cites | United States of America | X | Search report |
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Priority claims3
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
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| 188414 | United States of America | – | |
| 18841488 | United States of America | A | |
| US19880188414 | – | – | – |
Members11
| Document | Office | Kind | |
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| AU3372789A | Australia | A | |
| EP0340018A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| JPH0216435A | Japan | A | |
| EP0340018A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| AU621609B2 | Australia | B2 | |
| CA1334926C | Canada | C | |
| EP0340018B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| AT141412T | Austria | T | |
| DE68926927D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| DE68926927T2 | Germany | T2 | |
| JP2655545B2 | Japan | B2 |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0340018
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0340018
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0340018
- Application
- 304264
- Application, DOCDB
- 89304264
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19890304264
Titles3
- English
- Composition, apparatus and method for sensing ionic components
- German
- Zusammensetzung, Apparat und Verfahren zum Nachweis ionischer Komponenten
- French
- Composition, appareil et méthode pour la détection de composants ioniques
Classification
- CPC, 5
- G01N33/84
- G01N21/6428
- G01N21/75
- G01N21/80
- G01N31/221
- IPC, 6
- G01N21 64
- G01N21 75
- G01N21 78
- G01N21 80
- G01N31 22
- G01N33 84
Designated states7
- Contracting states, 7
- Austria
- Belgium
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Sweden