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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:
Apr. 09, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony Jenkins, Medford, MA (US);
Peter W Stephens, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ion Track Instruments, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 88 ; 378 57 ;
Abstract
An inspection system for detecting the presence of selected crystalline materials, such as explosives or drugs, utilizing an x-ray source and a collimated array of detectors to sense radiation scattered by the objects being inspected. A signal processing system compares the measured signal with selected spectra to determine whether specific materials are present within the inspected object.