Define: Percent Recovery

The meaning of “Percent Recovery” differs based on where it is used. We list many below, then combine them into one or more market-standard definitions.

How is Percent Recovery defined in a legal contract?

  • Percent Recovery means the expression of measured concentration as a percentage of the known added concentration in a test reference or sample. This is calculated by a lab by taking the result of the sample, dividing it by the expected result, and then multiplying the result by 100. Seen in 25 SEC filings.
  • Percent Recovery means the ratio of measured concentration to added (spiked) concentration in a reference material, test sample, or its duplicate expressed in percentage. Seen in 13 SEC filings.

Note: The Genie AI Legal Assistant pulled this data out of the SEC EDGAR Database of 500,000 records from the past 22 years of filings. We regularly update this page as new filings and definitions come in.

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Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

What is the most popular definition of 'Percent Recovery'?

Percent Recovery means the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of measured concentration to added concentration in a reference material or test sample.

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