Released on: February 26, 2008, 2:47 am

Press Release Author: Thermo Fisher Scientific- Molecular Spectroscopy

Industry: Chemicals

Press Release Summary: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving
science, announces that it has been awarded a US Patent on Spectrometric Data
Cleansing. This patent describes a method for filtering artifacts from Raman spectra
and is of particular use in removing the distorted data points generated by cosmic
ray interference. Elimination of spectral artifacts facilitates automated analysis
by such methods as reference library searches and correlation with standard spectra.



Press Release Body: Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving
science, announces that it has been awarded a US Patent on Spectrometric Data
Cleansing. This patent describes a method for filtering artifacts from Raman spectra
and is of particular use in removing the distorted data points generated by cosmic
ray interference. Elimination of spectral artifacts facilitates automated analysis
by such methods as reference library searches and correlation with standard spectra.

The patented method unlike more primitive correction schemes, introduces rigorous
and objective criteria to the identification and removal of spurious data points.
This ensures that spectrometric data cleansing is independent of the skill and
judgment of the user and is therefore of immense value to laboratories where expert
and non-expert users alike depend on Raman spectroscopy as a prime analytical tool.
It is particularly important for those laboratories operating in regulated
environments with a need to validate analytical methods.

Raman is routinely used for compound identification, defect analysis and in QA/QC
environments. It is an invaluable tool in various industries including chemicals,
petroleum, polymers, nanotechnology, alternate energy sources pharmaceuticals and
forensics. .

This method for Spectrometric Data Cleansing, patented under US Patent Number
7,233,870 B1, is incorporated into the Thermo Scientific OMNIC software suite and is
standard with the Nicolet Almega XR dispersive Raman microscope.

For more information on Thermo Scientific Raman solutions, please call +1
800-532-4752, email analyze@thermofisher.com or alternatively please visit
www.thermo.com/raman to register for the online Thermo Fisher Molecular Spectroscopy
eNewsletter, BASELINE.

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enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With an
annual revenue rate of more than $9 billion, we employ 30,000 people and serve over
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help solve analytical challenges from routine testing to complex research and
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Together, we offer the most convenient purchasing options to customers and
continuously advance our technologies to accelerate the pace of scientific
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