Patented Technologies Dr. Robert K. Vincent, one of the world’s leading experts on remote sensing, patented a method to use the US Government’s Landsat satellite to detect incipient Cyanobacteria blooms. (US patent number 7,132,254 “Method and Apparatus for Detecting Phycocyanin-Pigmented algae and Bacteria from reflected light). This patent builds on over $ 1M in research grants Dr. Vincent received from NASA and NOAH and Dr. Vincent’s over 40 year experience in the remote sensing field