SUMMARY OF LICENSED PATENTS and PATENTS APPLIED FOR

FirstGuard Technologies Corporation has entered into licensing agreements with George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc., the technology transfer arm of the University.  FGT has licensed or internally developed the following patents, and related intellectual property:

Abstract for Dispersive Target Identification
A first frequency agile waveform and additional frequency agile signal waveform(s) having in-phase and a quadrature phase components, each shifted by a different delta frequency, are transmitted in the direction of a possible dispersive target.
Inventor: McCaughey, Dennis (Springfield, VA); Steven Pressnall (Washington, DC); Shantanu Sanyal (Fairfax, VA)
Assignee: FirstGuard Technologies Corporation
Non-Provisional Utility Patent Application US 2016/02744218 A1
Filed: Mar 15, 2016
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Abstract for Syntactic Landmine Detector
Disclosed is a Syntactic Landmine Detector. The syntactic landmine detector processes a received signal from a ground penetrating RADAR which contains at least one spatial sequence, the spatial sequence containing relative spatial information locating impedance discontinuities. The spatial sequence is then associated with at least one physical characteristic of a landmine.
Inventor:  Hintz, Kenneth J. (Fairfax Station, VA)
Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, VA)
United States Patent: 7,320,27I
Issued: June 3, 2008
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Abstract for Syntactic Target Classifier
Disclosed is a Syntactic Landmine Detector. The syntactic landmine detector processes a received signal from a ground penetrating RADAR which contains at least one spatial sequence, the spatial sequence containing relative spatial information locating impedance discontinuities. The spatial sequence is then associated with at least one physical characteristic of a landmine.
Inventor:  Hintz, Kenneth J. (Fairfax Station, VA)
Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, VA)
United States Patent: 7,382,312
Issued: June 3, 2008
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Abstract for (Pre-Shot Detection of Weapons Utilizing Resonant) Cavity Detection
An apparatus for detecting a cavity comprising a signal receiver, a signal analyzer and a threshold excedent determination processor.  The signal receiver receives a reflected signal resulting from an interaction of multi-frequency irradiating signal(s) with at least one cavity.  The irradiating signal may include an electromagnetic or acoustic signal above a cavity dependent cutoff frequency with a randomized spectral component.  The signal analyzer computes cavity detecting statistic(s) of the reflected signal.  The cavity detecting statistic(s) may include an autocorrelation function.  The autocorrelation function may be a Fourier transform of the power spectral density of the reflected signal.  The threshold excedent determination processor generates a notification when cavity detecting statistic(s) exceed a threshold.  The threshold may include a multi-variable function.  The cavity may be the bore of a weapon.  The apparatus may be configured to determine the bearing from the cavity to the apparatus.
Inventor:  Hintz, Kenneth J. (Fairfax Station, VA)
Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, VA)
Patent No. 8,599,061
Issued: October 22, 2010
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Abstract for Egocentric Display
An egocentric display that corresponds to a multidimensional frame of reference. The multidimensional frame of reference may include an ego center, a nadir below the ego center, and a zenith above the ego center. The egocentric display includes a center point, an inner concentric circle and an outer concentric circle. The center point represents the nadir. The inner concentric circle is centered about the center point and represents a horizon plane that is perpendicular to a zenith-nadir line that passes through the zenith, the ego center, and the nadir. The outer concentric circle that represents the zenith should have a radius larger that the inner concentric circle and should also be centered about the center point.
Inventor:  Hintz, Kenneth J. (Fairfax Station, VA)
Assignee: George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Fairfax, VA)
United States Patent:  7,907,132
Issued: March 15, 2011
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