Material, system, and method that provide indication of a breach

US8501103B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mahalaxmi Gita Bangera · Renton, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
• Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
• Erez Lieberman · Cambridge, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Dennis J. Rivet · Chesapeake, US
• Michael A. Smith · Phoenix, US
• Elizabeth A. Sweeney · Seattle, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/239
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A multilayer material is described herein that includes a flexible inner layer and a flexible outer layer configured to enclose at least one signaling layer, the at least one signaling layer including at least one chemical compound. The multilayer material including the chemical compound within the at least one signaling layer is configured to release a gas-phase chemical compound to signal to a detector indicating a breach of the multilayer material. A multilayer material, a system, an article of clothing, or a method is described herein.