Patents by Inventor Robert Jerome Nickles

Robert Jerome Nickles has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF COBALT AS TARGETS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THERANOSTIC RADIONUCLIDES
    Publication number: 20220220586
    Abstract: Cobalt intermetallic compounds that include cobalt and a second element are provided. The isotopes of the second element in the compounds are present in their natural isotopic abundance or in an enriched isotopic abundance. Methods of making the compounds and methods of using the compounds as targets in the production of radionuclides are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Paul A. Ellison, Robert Jerome Nickles, Todd E. Barnhart, Jonathan W. Engle, Christopher J. Kutyreff
  • Systems and methods for the cyclotron production of iodine-124
    Patent number: 8098789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to targets, systems and methods for the cyclotron production of 124I from aluminum telluride (Al2Te3) targets. The systems and methods utilize low energy proton cyclotrons to produce 124I by the 124Te(p,n) reaction from enriched Al2Te3 glassy melts. The 124I is recovered in high yield from the glassy melt by adapted methods of common thermal distillation techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonathon Andrew Nye, Robert Jerome Nickles
  • Systems and methods for the cyclotron production of iodine-124
    Patent number: 7804928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to targets, systems and methods for the cyclotron production of 124I from aluminum telluride (Al2Te3) targets. The systems and methods utilize low energy proton cyclotrons to produce 124I by the 124Te(p,n) reaction from enriched Al2Te3 glassy melts. The 124I is recovered in high yield from the glassy melt by adapted methods of common thermal distillation techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonathon Andrew Nye, Robert Jerome Nickles
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE CYCLOTRON PRODUCTION OF IODINE-124
    Publication number: 20090213978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to targets, systems and methods for the cyclotron production of 124I from aluminum telluride (Al2Te3) targets. The systems and methods utilize low energy proton cyclotrons to produce 124I by the 124Te(p, n) reaction from enriched Al2Te3 glassy melts. The 124I is recovered in high yield from the glassy melt by adapted methods of common thermal distillation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Jonathon Andrew Nye, Robert Jerome Nickles