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"<p>\n\t1st Detect Corporation, a subsidiary of Astrotech Corporation, recently announced that it has been awarded a patent for a key piece of technology to be used in chemical detection and identification.<br />\n\t<br />\n\tThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the patent for the company&rsquo;s unique method of driving a spectrometer ion trap that will be present in chemical detection devices, according to MSNBC.<br />\n\t<br />\n\t&quot;We are extremely pleased that the USPTO has issued this highly significant patent covering our unique ion trap technology,&quot; John Porter, the company&rsquo;s CEO, said, MSNBC reports. &quot;We continue to make considerable progress in our development of the 1st Detect Miniature Chemical Detector and this patent is an important component of our intellectual property portfolio.&quot;<br />\n\t<br />\n\tThe patent, entitled &ldquo;Driving a Mass Spectrometer Ion Trap or Mass Filter,&rdquo; will protect 1st Detect&rsquo;s ability to consistently monitor ion traps and dynamically alter changing parameters within them.<br />\n\t<br />\n\t&quot;The technology protected by this patent supports our objective to offer the most affordable, high performance mass spectrometer for both laboratory and field applications,&quot; David Rafferty, the company&rsquo;s president, said, according to MSNBC.<br />\n\t<br />\n\tThe technology is intended to be used in 1st Detect&rsquo;s Miniature Chemical Detector, a small, easily portable field detection device that is reportedly capable of identifying residues and vapors from explosives, chemical warfare agents, illicit drugs and pollution.</p>\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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