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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:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry Wohltjen, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Edward J Poziomek, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
Microsensor Systems, Inc., Bowling Green, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436155 ; 436 92 ; 436901 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting and identifying a non-volatile chemical substance, in which the chemical substance (when in a sample) is pyrolyzed into its gaseous components and then the gaseous components are monitored to determine whether or not specific gaseous components are present.