Patent ID: 8175817

Claim:
A method of visualization of one or more analytes detected by a liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument, said method comprising: detecting said one or more analyte by said liquid-liquid chromatographic instrument; providing a data set comprising a plurality of data points corresponding to one or more analytes detected by said detecting step, wherein said data points comprise at least one parameter related to a K-value or a parameter from which a K-value can be determined; calculating said K-value for at least a portion of said data set; transforming a portion of said K-values from said calculating step by a reciprocal transformation to generate output data comprising a transformed K-value, wherein said transformed K-value is a real number for all K ranging from zero to infinity; selecting a symmetry midline value, M; wherein in said transforming step, for K greater than or equal to M, said x-coordinate has a value x, wherein x=2M−M 2 /K, and for K less than M, x=K, thereby generating said output data that is a reciprocal shifted symmetry visualization; and providing said output data to a user in a single chromatogram; wherein said output data is provided to a user in a graphical form, wherein said graphical from is obtained by: plotting onto a X-Y coordinate system said transformed K-value and any untransformed K-value as a x-coordinate of the X-Y coordinate system; and plotting a parameter related to said analyte relative amount as a y-coordinate of said X-Y coordinate system.