Patents by Inventor Scott Earl McNeil

Scott Earl McNeil 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).

  • Method and system for detection using nanodot taggants
    Patent number: 7985590
    Abstract: Described herein are methods directed to the use of the nanodot taggants in detection and/or simulation scenarios. The nanodot taggants are based on quantum dots and may be engineered so as to have particular emission and or absorbance spectral characteristics. The nanodots are extremely small, i.e., on the order of nanometers in size, and thus do not, in some cases, behave as particles, but rather are able to be carried along and through structures like a gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Science Application International Corporation
    Inventor: Scott Earl McNeil
  • Method and System For Detection Using Nanodot Taggants
    Publication number: 20100304491
    Abstract: Described herein are methods directed to the use of the nanodot taggants in detection and/or simulation scenarios. The nanodot taggants are based on quantum dots and may be engineered so as to have particular emission and or absorbance spectral characteristics. The nanodots are extremely small, i.e., on the order of nanometers in size, and thus do not, in some cases, behave as particles, but rather are able to be carried along and through structures like a gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Scott Earl McNeil
  • Method and system for countering laser technology
    Patent number: 7742170
    Abstract: Described herein is a method and system for providing a countermeasure against laser detection systems using nanocomponent material that is tailored to cloak or obscure a target from detection by transmitted laser radiation. The nanodot material absorbs and/or down-converts the transmitted laser radiation. Similarly, described herein is a method and system for providing a countermeasure against laser systems intended to blind a target through the use of a specifically engineered nanocomponent material for absorbing and/or down-converting the radiation from the laser system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Earl McNeil, Martin Joseph Fritts, Roy Reed Heddleston, Martin B. Mark
  • Method and system for countering laser technology
    Patent number: 7035308
    Abstract: Described herein is a method and system for providing a countermeasure against laser detection systems using nanocomponent material that is tailored to cloak or obscure a target from detection by transmitted laser radiation. The nanodot material absorbs and/or down-converts the transmitted laser radiation. Similarly, described herein is a method and system for providing a countermeasure against laser systems intended to blind a target through the use of a specifically engineered nanocomponent material for absorbing and/or down-converting the radiation from the laser system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Earl McNeil, Martin Joseph Fritts, Roy Reed Heddleston, Martin B. Mark