Taggants and method of using same
AssigneeTechnion Research & Development
InventorsEhud Keinan, Richard A. Lerner
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Abstract
A composition of matter which comprises a non-gaseous nitrogen containing compound; and a spore of a micro-organism. A method of determining a source of a material the material being an explosive or a substance used in the preparation of the explosive, the material comprises a spore of a micro-organism uniquely associated with the material, the method comprises inducing the spore to transform into a vegetative micro-organism and identifying the micro-organism as being associated with the material, thereby determining the source of the material.
Claims21
A composition of matter comprising:
- (a) a nitrogen containing compound, an explosive or a substance used in the preparation of an explosive;
- and
- (b) a spore of a micro-organism.
A method of determining a source of a material the material being an explosive or a substance used in the preparation of the explosive, the material comprises a spore of a micro-organism uniquely associated with the material, the method comprising inducing the spore to transform into a vegetative micro-organism and identifying the micro-organism as being associated with the material, thereby determining the source of the material.
A composition of matter comprising:
- (a) a substance used in the preparation of a narcotic or a narcotic;
- and
- (b) a spore of a micro-organism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.