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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