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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
May. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Epstein, Baltimore, MD (US);
John A Parsons, Abingdon, MD (US);
Frank Block, Edgewood, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436-8 ; 436-9 ;
Abstract
A method of simulating a positive response by volatile organophosphorus ers to an ionization detector system which comprises forwarding to the ionization detector system a gaseous stream comprising water vapor and a di(lower alkyl) sulfoxide or a cyclic sulfoxide represented by the formula I: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group, in an amount sufficient to elicit a positive response by the ionization detector system.