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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:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Sabatino Nacson, Thornhill, CA;
Duncan Gibbons, Whitby, CA;
Inventors:
Sabatino Nacson, Thornhill, CA;
Duncan Gibbons, Whitby, CA;
Assignee:
Smiths Detection Inc., Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A CTD and method of using a CTD for automatic sampling and analysis of target analytes, such as explosive materials, chemical warfare agents, and narcotics present on documents or other articles is provided. The CTD comprises an article processing mechanism, a swabbing medium, a thermal desorber, and a spectrometer.