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BARCLAYS BANK PLC AS SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT	745 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10019

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JEUKENDRUP, Asker	West Midlands, GB	8	36
# of filed Patents : 8 Total Citations : 36
STELLINGWERFF, Trent	Victoria, CA	18	108
# of filed Patents : 18 Total Citations : 108
ZALTAS, Eric Scott	Montclair, US	8	63
# of filed Patents : 8 Total Citations : 63

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US Patent No: 9677934

Background correction in emission spectra

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A method for deriving a background-corrected portion of a measured optical emission spectrum comprising the steps of identifying two or more background correction points from the portion of the measured emission spectrum; deriving a background correction function fitted to the identified background correction points, and applying the background correction function to the portion of the measured emission spectrum so as to produce a background-corrected portion of the emission spectrum, wherein the background correction points are identified from the measured data points by consideration of the gradients between the measured data points.

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