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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2006
Applicants:

David Michael Davenport, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Thomas Paul Repoff, Sprakers, NY (US);

Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Richard Louis Zinser, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Inventors:

David Michael Davenport, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Thomas Paul Repoff, Sprakers, NY (US);

Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Richard Louis Zinser, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignees:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

GE Homeland Protection, Inc., Newark, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods for analyzing ion mobility data. In one embodiment, a method for analyzing ion mobility spectrometry data is disclosed. The method comprises conducting a number of ion mobility scans on a sample, generating an ion map comprising a first ion line, comparing the first ion line to a standard deviation, wherein the standard deviation is calculated from the system measurement noise, and determining if the sample is a contraband substance.


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