Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Harden

Joseph C. Harden has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Detection and identification method for in-transit determination of chemical contraband, decaying animal and vegetable matter, and concealed humans in cargo shipping containers and other secure spaces
    Patent number: 7468672
    Abstract: A chemical analysis method for detecting, identifying and reporting contraband, illegal drugs, explosives, toxic chemicals, decaying animal and vegetable matter, and concealed human beings located in secure spaces such as cargo shipping containers. Chemical analysis results are accumulated and added to effect definitive analyses over extended periods of time while the containers are in transit. Individual containers are equipped with a device employing the method. The analysis method consists of accumulation and addition of analytical chemical instrumentation, measurements of trace quantities of target chemical vapors inside of shipping containers while the containers are in transit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Inventors: Charles S. Harden, Joseph C. Harden
  • Detection and identification method for in-transit determination of chemical contraband, decaying animal and vegetable matter, and concealed humans in cargo shipping containers and other secure spaces
    Publication number: 20070277589
    Abstract: A chemical analysis method for detecting, identifying and reporting contraband, illegal drugs, explosives, toxic chemicals, decaying animal and vegetable matter, and concealed human beings located in secure spaces such as cargo shipping containers. Chemical analysis results are accumulated and added to effect definitive analyses over extended periods of time while the containers are in transit. Individual containers are equipped with a device employing the method. The analysis method consists of accumulation and addition of analytical chemical instrumentation, measurements of trace quantities of target chemical vapors inside of shipping containers while the containers are in transit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Charles S. Harden, Joseph C. Harden