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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. 30, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Patrick J. Treado, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Charles W. Gardner, Jr., Gibsonia, PA (US);
John S. Maier, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David Keller, Newtown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick J. Treado, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Charles W. Gardner, Jr., Gibsonia, PA (US);
John S. Maier, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David Keller, Newtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for detecting aerosol threats comprising electrostatic collection and deposition of a threat agent onto a substrate. The threat agent deposited on the substrate is illuminated with a plurality of photons to thereby produce Raman scattered photons. The Raman scattered photons are analyzed in order to identify the threat agent.