Method and apparatus for assessing characteristics of liquids

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PATENT NO 8781066
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13313635

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A method to perform security screening at an airport on hand-carried baggage. The method includes requesting passengers with hand carried baggage to remove from the baggage a container that holds a liquid and perform an x-ray inspection on the hand carried baggage and on the container while the container remains outside the baggage. According to the method, the results of the x-ray inspection are used to determine if the baggage contains illegal objects and if the liquid is a security threat.

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VANDERLANDE APC INCQUEBEC QC G2K 0H1

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Doyle, Aidan Unterbiberg, DE 15 198
Gudmundson, Dan Quebec, CA 19 588
Pham, Vinh Phuc Donnacona, CA 4 126

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