John T Beckert

7105135, Sep 12, 2006

Oct 15, 2002

10/270987

William S. Terry - Barton NY, US
John Thaddeus Beckert - Endicott NY, US
David L. Ii - Owego NY, US

Lockheed Martin Corporation - Bethesda MD

A61L 2/28

422119, 422 62, 422 8207, 422 63, 435 71, 435 792, 436 43, 436542, 382100, 382101, 382102

A system and method that enables early detection of hazardous materials, such as explosives and biological materials, in the early phases of mail handling or processing, is disclosed. The early detection of such hazardous material utilizing the system and method of this invention can be performed while the mail is being processed. The system includes at least two primary elements: an activation sub-system and a sense and analyze sub-system.

7356163, Apr 8, 2008

Jun 10, 2004

10/865063

John T. Beckert - Winter Springs FL, US
William C. Craig - Endwell NY, US
Joan M. Marsh - Endwell NY, US

Lockheed Martin Corporation - Bethesda MD

G06K 9/00
G07C 5/00

382101, 209584

A method and apparatus for reliably detecting bio-warfare agents in the mail stream that may be released from posted items. The agents are detected as the mail pieces are being processed using typical postal automation machines equipped with image scanning capabilities, and two technologies are combined. One is an aerosol trigger that can be based on a variety of different existing approaches which detects particulates of a specific size range and examines the spectral characteristics of the particles when illuminated with an ultra violet (UV) or other light source. Other approaches may include: mass spectrometry, ion mobility, IR spectrometry and the like. The second technology involves scanning and analyzing images of suspect mail, pieces and correlating aerosol trigger events with mail piece image risk factors. The second technology provides for obtaining images which provide information indicative of mail which is more likely to be from suspicious sources and provide increased risk factors.

7459278, Dec 2, 2008

Aug 1, 2006

11/497673

William S. Terry - Barton NY, US
John Thaddeus Beckert - Endicott NY, US
David L. Ii - Owego NY, US

Lockheed Martin Corporation - Bethesda MD

G01N 33/53

435 71, 435 72, 435 791, 436 43, 436542

A system and method that enables early detection of hazardous materials, such as explosives and biological materials, in the early phases of mail handling or processing.

20030065488, Apr 3, 2003

Sep 25, 2002

10/254744

John Beckert - Endicott NY, US
Patricia D'Agostino - Spencer NY, US
John Yannuzzi - Binghamton NY, US

Lockheed Martin Corporation

G06F017/50

703/001000

The system and methods of this invention provide specific component design objects that include design guideline properties. The system and methods of this invention also provide means for storing the completed design information upon completion of the design. One embodiment of the method and system of this invention is a distributed method and system utilizing the World Wide Web.

20040026491, Feb 12, 2004

Oct 29, 2002

10/282868

John Beckert - Endicott NY, US
Daniel Hutchinson - Vienna VA, US
Daniel Rice - Owego NY, US
William Terry - Barton NY, US

Lockheed Martin Federal Systems

B65D091/00

232/017000

A portable detection system () for hazardous materials including explosives and infectious or hazardous biological agents readily adapted to conventional mail collection boxes (), rural mailboxes () and the like. The system includes a fan () and a sensor (). The fan () provides sufficient airflow to circulate the air within a mailbox such that the internal air after coming in contact with the contents is directed the sensor for analysis. The air quality can be determined visually (), audibly (), or electronically (). Consequently once such detection is made and the air is verified as being safe, the contents can be removed safely. If it is determined that the air contains some type of hazardous material, further steps can be taken to specifically locate the source of such hazardous material. An alternative embodiment includes a filter () to improve fan efficiency. The system is further adaptable to other mail container embodiments such as a mailbag ().

20070228136, Oct 4, 2007

Sep 26, 2005

11/235443

John Beckert - Endicott NY, US
Daniel Hutchinson - Vienna VA, US
Daniel Rice - Owego NY, US
William Terry - Barton NY, US

Lockheed Martin Corporation - Bethesda MD

A47G 29/12

232031000

A portable detection system () for hazardous materials including explosives and infectious or hazardous biological agents readily adapted to conventional mail collection boxes (), rural mailboxes (), mailbags (), and the like. The system includes a fan () and a sensor (). The fan () provides sufficient airflow to circulate the air within a mailbox such that the internal air after coming in contact with the contents is directed the sensor for analysis. The air quality can be determined visually (), audibly (), or electronically (). Consequently once such detection is made and the air is verified as being safe, the contents can be removed safely. If it is determined that the air contains some type of hazardous material, further steps can be taken to specifically locate the source of such hazardous material. An alternative embodiment includes a filter () to improve fan efficiency.