Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3521

A -- DETECTION OF DRUGS AND OTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS SOL Cbd0599 DUE 041199 POC Paul Grahovac WEB: Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory, http://www.inel.gov/procurement/litco/index.htm. E-MAIL: Paul Grahovac, pg2@inel.gov. A -- Detection of drugs and other chemical compounds. U. S. Patent 5,082,630. This is a potential technology development and licensing opportunity with Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company (LMITCO), the prime operating contractor for the Department of Energy at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). This technology is a detection device for specific chemical compounds, such as hazardous or industrial process chemicals or illegal drugs, for example heroin, cocaine or marijuana. It is readily portable, operable with a minimum of training, capable of detecting the compounds of interest at extremely low concentration, minimally affected by interfering substances, rugged, and user friendly. The device is based upon the use of fiber optic spectroscopy. Sensors to detect light emitted from an optical fiber are sensitive, compact, readily portable, and require a minimum of training for their use. The device monitors a decrease in fluorescence when a subject molecule (suchas a drug) displaces a fluorescently-tagged drug derivative (antigen) from an antibody specific for that drug. While the apparatus and process of the new technology are initially intended to detect illegal drugs, the invention is equally applicable for detection of a wide range of chemical compounds, limited only by the biological and tagging procedures identified in the patent. LMITCO is seeking a written indication of interest from industry partners interested in funding a collaborative technology development project and or entering into a license agreement for the purpose of developing and commercializing this technology. License terms will include an up-front licensing fee and a running royalty based on a percentage of sales. This is not an opportunity to provide goods or services to LMITCO or the Department of Energy. This Request for Interest (RFI) will close to response 30 days after publication. Interested parties should send e-mail to pg2@inel.gov (Paul Grahovac, Account Executive, Technology Transfer Office, LMITCO). If you do not have e-mail access, send regular mail to Paul Grahovac, Account Executive, Technology Transfer Office, LMITCO, P. O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3805. Posted 03/10/99 (W-SN306968). (0069)

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