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Chemical sensor

US4892834A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 3, 1987
Grant dateJan 9, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/22
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sensor for detecting a chemical substance includes an insertion element having a structure which enables insertion of the chemical substance with a resulting change in the bulk electrical characteristics of the insertion element under conditions sufficient to permit effective insertion; the change in the bulk electrical characteristics of the insertion element is detected as an indication of the presence of the chemical substance.

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