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Homeland Security

VeriTainer Gets Indonesian Patent for Crane Mounted Nuke Scanning

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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

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VeriTainer Corp. has received notice of a granted patent from the Indonesian Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights for the fundamental Crane Mounted Scanning (CMS) system the company is developing to detect nuclear materials inside shipping containers. "Along with Singapore, Taiwan and New Zealand, this marks the fourth international issuance of this patent VeriTainer has received," says John Alioto, the company's CEO. The company has two other patents related to its CMS technology in the U.S.

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