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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:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip L. Kirkpatrick, Dumont, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/386 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/386 ;
Abstract
A commercial airliner ( ) carries a sensor that detects a characteristic ( ) associated with a man portable missile ( ). Raw sensor data is transmitted via a wireless data-link ( ) to ground stations ( ) that process the airliner transmission and determine both the presence of the missile and a precise aircraft position. Countermeasures are fired to detonate within a close proximity of airliner in order to divert the detected missile.