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Over 30 patents have been issued to Nuclear Engineering Division staff members by the US Patent Office from 2000 to present.

The table below features a complete list of patents (2000-present) issued to Nuclear Engineering Division staff members by the US Patent Office.

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InvTitle Patent # Issued Inventors
Optical Filter for Flash Lamps in Pulsed Thermal Imaging 7,538,938 05/29/09 J. Sun
Passive millimeter wave spectrometer for remote detection of chemical plumes 7,495,218  02/24/09 N. Gopalsami,
S. Bakhtiari,
A.C. Raptis,
T.W. Elmer

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Methods of using a laser to perforate composite structures of steel casing, cement and rocks 7,487,834 02/10/09 C.B. Reed,
Z. Xu

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Tracking of moving radioactive sources 7,465,924

 

12/16/08 R.T. Klann,
R.B. Vilim,
Y.S. Kim
Fibrous ceramic monoliths made from multi-phase ceramic filaments 7,452,837

 

11/18/08 K. C. Goretta,
D. Singh,
B.J. Polzin,
T.A. Cruse,
J.J. Picciolo
Method for inducing hypothermia 7,422,601 09/09/08 L. B. Becker (1),
T. Vanden Hoek,
K. E. Kasza

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Methods of using a laser to spall and drill holes in rocks 7,416,258 08/26/08 C.B. Reed,
Z. Xu,
R.A. Parker,
R.M. Graves,
T.W. Stone

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Medical ice slurry production device 7,389,653 06/24/08 K. E. Kasza,
J. Oras,
H.-J. Son

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Method for thermal tomography of thermal effusivity from pulsed thermal imaging 7,365,330 04/29/08 J.G. Sun

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Method to seal reactive materials under vacuum 7,350,280 04/01/08 T. C. Wiencek

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Method for fast start of a fuel processor 7,323,159 01/29/08 R.K. Ahluwalia,
S. Ahmed,
S.H.D. Lee

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Resonance-enhanced dielectric sensing of chemical and biological species 7,223,608 05/29/07 N. Gopalsami,
A. C. Raptis
Optical apparatus for laser scattering by objects having complex shapes 7,136,158 11/14/06 W. A. Ellingson,
R. J. Visher
Heat transfer probe 7,118,591 10/10/06 K. E. Kasza,
T.-H. Chien,
W. Yu,
A. J. Rosengart,
J. I. Frank,
J. E. Franklin
Method for fabricating uranium foils and uranium alloy foils 7,100,670 09/05/06 G. L. Hofman,
M. K. Meyer,
G. C. Knighton,
C. R. Clark
Continuous process electrorefiner (as issued) 7,097,747 08/09/06 J. E. Herceg,
J. G. Saiveau,
L. Krajtl
Method and apparatus for atomizing fluids with a multi-fluid nozzle (as issued) 6,827,296 12/7/04 V. J. Novick,
R. K. Ahluwalia

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Fissile interrogation using gamma rays from oxygen (as issued) 6,724,852 04/20/04 D. L. Smith,
B. J. Micklich,
A. Fessler

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Nuclear fuel electrorefiner (as issued) 6,689,260 02/10/04 R. K. Ahluwalia,
T. Q. Hua

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Pocked surface neutron detector (as issued) 6,545,281 04/08/03 D. S. McGregor,
R. T. Klann

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Eddy Current Technique for Predicting Burst Pressure 6,519,535 02/11/03 M. C. Petri,
D. S. Kupperman,
J. A. Morman,
J. Reifman,
T. Y. C. Wei
Thermal Imaging Measurements of Lateral Diffusivity and Non-Invasive Material Defect Detection 6,517,238 02/11/03 J. G. Sun and
C. M. Deemer

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Method and Apparatus for Automated Thermal Imaging of Combustor Liners and Other Products 6,517,236 02/11/03 J. G. Sun,
W. A. Ellingson,
C. M. Deemer

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Fanmod: A Simple Model Simulating a Fan as a Source of Axial and Circumferential Body Forces #TXu-1-083
-0436
12/11/02 C. Tzanos and
T. H. Chien
Coated semiconductor devices for neutron detection (as issued) 6,479,826 11/12/02 R. T. Klann,
D. S. McGregor

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Methods and Apparatus for Producing Phase Change Ice Particulate Saline Slurries 6,413,444 07/02/02 K. E. Kasza

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Method and apparatus for the clean replacement of contaminated hepa filters 6,364,923 04/02/02 A. R. Frigo,
D. E. Preuss,
R. F. Malecha,
S. G. Weidmeyer,
E. F. Bielick
Methods for weld monitoring and laser heat treatment monitoring (as issued) 6,329,635 12/11/01 P. G. Sanders,
K. H. Leong

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Optical Method and Apparatus for Detection of Defects and Microstructural Changes in Ceramics and Ceramic Coatings 6,285,449 09/04/01 W. A. Ellingson,
J. A. Todd,
J. G. Sun

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Ultrasonic Gas Analyzer and Method to Analyze Trace Gases 6,279,378 09/04/01 S. H. Sheen,
H. T. Chien,
A. C. Raptis
Method and Apparatus for Producing Phase Change Ice Particulate Perfluorocarbon Slurries 6,244,052 06/12/01 K. E. Kasza

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Method for Fabricating 99Mo Production Targets Using Low Enriched Uranium, 99Mo Production Targets Comprising Low Enriched Uranium 6,160,862 12/31/00 T. Wiencek,
J. E. Matos,
G. L. Hofman

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