History
The company was formed to commercialize technology to detect airborne odors of numerous
substances at high sensitivity and accuracy. The inspiration came from the founders’ previous
success in detecting the presence of buried landmines - and the events of 9/11, which greatly
expanded the interest in detection of explosive and hazardous materials and the detection of
numerous substances over a broad range of applications.
The company’s technology is protected by two broad patents owned by Tufts University and
exclusively licensed to CogniScent. The first (# 6,649,416) covers the concept and overall design
of the sensing platform. The second (#7,062,385) covers the use of DNA as an innovative
biopolymer sensor material which potentially allows extraordinary scope for the rapid discovery of
optimized sensors for defined target detection tasks and the ability to volume-produce these
appropriately chosen sensors.
Prior to incorporation, Dr Kauer and Dr White funded the core research through research grants .
These awards were from the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research and
DARPA. The DARPA “Dogs Nose” program was completed in 2000 and resulted in the first
prototype device being successfully field tested for detecting buried landmines through the
chemical signature of DiNitroToluene (DNT).
Click here for detailed history
The company was formed to commercialize technology to detect airborne odors of numerous
substances at high sensitivity and accuracy. The inspiration came from the founders’ previous
success in detecting the presence of buried landmines - and the events of 9/11, which greatly
expanded the interest in detection of explosive and hazardous materials and the detection of
numerous substances over a broad range of applications.
The company’s technology is protected by two broad patents owned by Tufts University and
exclusively licensed to CogniScent. The first (# 6,649,416) covers the concept and overall design
of the sensing platform. The second (#7,062,385) covers the use of DNA as an innovative
biopolymer sensor material which potentially allows extraordinary scope for the rapid discovery of
optimized sensors for defined target detection tasks and the ability to volume-produce these
appropriately chosen sensors.
Prior to incorporation, Dr Kauer and Dr White funded the core research through research grants .
These awards were from the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research and
DARPA. The DARPA “Dogs Nose” program was completed in 2000 and resulted in the first
prototype device being successfully field tested for detecting buried landmines through the
chemical signature of DiNitroToluene (DNT).
Click here for detailed history
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