Optical Scientific INC
At a glance
Employees1-19
In business since1985
HeadquartersGaithersburg, MD
US patents4
SAM.gov UEIMBNFZNN4HN88
CAGE code0D9F9
Incorporated inMD
- weather sensors
- emissions
- flow sensors
- rain gauges
- visibility sensors
- anemometers
- aviation
- weather observation
- monitoring
- aluminum
Named on the company’s own website, read JUL 29, 2026
Supplier designations
For Profit OrganizationManufacturer of GoodsMinority Owned Business
Self-certified by the company in its SAM.gov registration
Patents
4 US patents granted 2001–2005, none of them in the five years to SEP 2025.
Measurement 3Telecommunications 1
- Weather identifier for snow, rain, and drizzleUS 6,914,674 · granted JUL 5, 2005
- Optical flow sensor using a fast correlation algorithmUS 6,611,319 · granted AUG 26, 2003
- Optical flow sensorUS 6,369,881 · granted APR 9, 2002
- Atmospheric turbulence resistant open-air optical communication systemUS 6,243,182 · granted JUN 5, 2001
Granted to Optical Scientific, Inc. · PatentsView (USPTO), data through SEP 30, 2025 · CC BY 4.0
Their plant
| Facility | City | State | Employees | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optical Scientific INC | Gaithersburg | MD | 1–19 | ACTIVE |
Compiled from federal records — EPA, OSHA, SAM.gov and the U.S. Census — and from the company’s own website. Federal source data is public domain. Each plant’s page names the source of every field.