Steve
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Patents are not a secret - submitting an application for a patent makes it a public document. Approval isn’t normally something you would wait for if you are sure your patent application is valid and non-infringing. Your application alone gives you priority and protection.
With this guy’s name or the patent number, you can easily find the application or award.
https://patents.justia.com
Most of the whites detectors I've seen all have a patent pending stamp or sticker on it. A patent can take several years to become valid... the technology might be useless by the time it does