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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:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2010
Applicants:
William Bertozzi, Lexington, MA (US);
Robert J. Ledoux, Harvard, MA (US);
Inventors:
William Bertozzi, Lexington, MA (US);
Robert J. Ledoux, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
Passport Systems, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2006.01); G01N 23/201 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for detecting potential items of interest in target samples, using nuclear resonance fluorescence, utilize incident photon spectra that are narrower than traditional bremsstrahlung spectra but overlap nuclear resonances in elements of interest for purposes of detection, such as but not limited to the detection of threats in luggage or containers being scanned.