Patents by Inventor Kevin Pedersen

Kevin Pedersen 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).

  • Methodologies to produce simulants of textured threat compounds
    Patent number: 12187661
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a simulant and method relating to producing a simulant. For example, a simulant of a textured target threat includes a background material associated with a background attenuation, and a texture component(s) dispersed in the background material and associated with a component attenuation and a component characteristic. The component characteristic prevents the component attenuation of the texture component from being homogeneously dispersed throughout the background attenuation of the background material, to cause the simulant to mimic an aspect(s) of an X-ray signature of the textured target threat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: Michael Brogden, Kevin Pedersen, Ronald Krauss
  • METHODOLOGIES TO PRODUCE SIMULANTS OF TEXTURED THREAT COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20230202943
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a simulant and method relating to producing a simulant. For example, a simulant of a textured target threat includes a background material associated with a background attenuation, and a texture component(s) dispersed in the background material and associated with a component attenuation and a component characteristic. The component characteristic prevents the component attenuation of the texture component from being homogeneously dispersed throughout the background attenuation of the background material, to cause the simulant to mimic an aspect(s) of an X-ray signature of the textured target threat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: Michael Brogden, Kevin Pedersen, Ronald Krauss
  • METHODOLOGIES TO PRODUCE TEXTURED THREAT SIMULANTS
    Publication number: 20230204559
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a simulant and method relating to producing a simulant. For example, a simulant of a textured target threat includes a background material associated with a background attenuation, and a texture component(s) dispersed in the background material and associated with a component attenuation and a component characteristic. The component characteristic prevents the component attenuation of the texture component from being homogeneously dispersed throughout the background attenuation of the background material, to cause the simulant to mimic an aspect(s) of an X-ray signature of the textured target threat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: Michael C. Brogden, Kevin Pedersen, Ronald Krauss
  • METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING TEXTURE IN SIMULANTS
    Publication number: 20190194086
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed towards a simulant and method relating to producing a simulant. For example, a simulant of a textured target threat includes a background material associated with a background attenuation, and a texture component(s) dispersed in the background material and associated with a component attenuation and a component characteristic. The component characteristic prevents the component attenuation of the texture component from being homogeneously dispersed throughout the background attenuation of the background material, to cause the simulant to mimic an aspect(s) of an X-ray signature of the textured target threat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
    Inventors: Michael Brogden, Kevin Pedersen, Ronald Krauss