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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5274379 | Optical identification friend-or-foe An identification friend-or-foe system for vehicles wherein each vehicle is provided with a radiation transmitter and a receiver with a detector for detecting radiation transmitted by other vehicles. Each transmitter can transmit a first coded signal whic... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5180838 | Phototoxic compounds for use as insect control agents A method is provided herein for controlling insects which are harmful to agriculture and forestry and which are also harmful both to humans and to domestic animals. The method involves the steps of applying to a locus infested with such insects, a composi... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4972673 | Solid rocket motor with dual interrupted thrust The invention disclosed is a solid propellant rocket motor, capable of providing two separate propulsive impulses to a missile. The rocket motor is connected at one end to the missile body, the other end including an exhaust nozzle. The rocket motor compr... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4888057 | Inorganic intumescent fire protective coatings The invention disclosed is a fire resistant inorganic coating composition which intumesces when subject to high temperatures to form a substantially continuous heat insulating structure and retains this structure for prolonged periods at temperatures up t... | 12/19/1989 |
