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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Inventors:
William Rogers, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Vladimir Romanov, Nashua, NH (US);
Stefan Lukow, Hampstead, NH (US);
Hartwig Schmidt, Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 30/00 (2006.01); G01N 30/12 (2006.01); G01N 27/62 (2006.01); G01N 31/22 (2006.01); H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 30/12 (2013.01); G01N 27/622 (2013.01); G01N 31/224 (2013.01); H01J 49/0409 (2013.01); G01N 2030/128 (2013.01); H01J 49/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for detecting a chemical substance. The methods and systems include using gas-solid phase chemistry to chemically and/or physically modify a substance of interest so that the substance can be vaporized and detected through an analysis of the substance.