Patents by Inventor Kurt Derr

Kurt Derr 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).

  • Publication number: 20100074112
    Abstract: Network traffic monitoring devices and monitoring systems include a communication module for capturing wireless communications of a wireless device. Processing circuitry is coupled with the communications module and configured to form a new cluster or refine an existing cluster from the captured wireless communications, in which the cluster includes wireless communications having one or more relevant parameters. The processing circuitry is also configured to generate/refine at least one rule set relating to the clusters, create an updated rule set by combining the one or more rule sets to current rule sets, and to compare the captured wireless communications to the updated rule set to determine whether the wireless communications pose a potential threat. Methods of monitoring network traffic are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Derr, Milos Manic
  • Publication number: 20070290133
    Abstract: A method of detecting explosives in a vehicle includes providing a first rack on one side of the vehicle, the rack including a neutron generator and a plurality of gamma ray detectors; providing a second rack on another side of the vehicle, the second rack including a neutron generator and a plurality of gamma ray detectors; providing a control system, remote from the first and second racks, coupled to the neutron generators and gamma ray detectors; using the control system, causing the neutron generators to generate neutrons; and performing gamma ray spectroscopy on spectra read by the gamma ray detectors to look for a signature indicative of presence of an explosive. Various apparatus and other methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Edward Reber, James Jewell, Kenneth Rohde, Edward Seabury, Larry Blackwood, Andrew Edwards, Kurt Derr