Patents by Inventor Luke D. Doucette

Luke D. Doucette 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 system for airborne particles
    Patent number: 8372183
    Abstract: This invention relates to a detection system for particles suspended in a gas. The detection system includes an electrostatic precipitator constructed to collect the particles from the gas onto a collection surface using the force of an induced electrostatic charge on the particles. The detection system also includes an optical probe coupled with the electrostatic precipitator and constructed to probe the particles with a beam in order to detect the particles. The body of the electrostatic precipitator has a geometry that allows the beam to travel from the optical probe to the collection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Orono Spectral Solution, Inc., University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Luke D. Doucette, Carl P. Tripp, Brian J. Ninness
  • Detection system for airborne particles
    Publication number: 20120274933
    Abstract: This invention relates to a detection system for particles suspended in a gas. The detection system includes an electrostatic precipitator constructed to collect the particles from the gas onto a collection surface using the force of an induced electrostatic charge on the particles. The detection system also includes an optical probe coupled with the electrostatic precipitator and constructed to probe the particles with a beam in order to detect the particles. The body of the electrostatic precipitator has a geometry that allows the beam to travel from the optical probe to the collection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Luke D. Doucette, Carl P. Tripp, Brian J. Ninness