Patents by Inventor C. Bradley Moore

C. Bradley Moore 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).

  • Separation of isotopes by photo-induced predissociation
    Patent number: 4212717
    Abstract: Isotopically enriched material can be produced by photopredissociation of gaseous formaldehyde containing mixtures of isotopes of C, H, or O, by laser beams at 32980 cm.sup.-1 or at 32890 cm.sup.-1, or by an argon-ion laser beam at 351.1 nm, or by the tripled frequency of a 1.06 .mu.m neodymium-glass laser beam at approximately 0.35 .mu.m. At wavelengths shorter than 330 nm a paramagnetic gas, especially NO and also O.sub.2 may enhance the enrichment and yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: C. Bradley Moore, John H. Clark, Yehuda Haas, Paul L. Houston
  • Isotopic separation by photopredissociation
    Patent number: 3983020
    Abstract: A monochromatic source excites individual isotopic lines in a well-resolved absorption spectrum for which the upper state is predissociated. Isotopic enrichment is thus achieved in the dissociation products, which may be stable molecules or may be chemically trapped if they are reactive. As an example, isotopic separation of hydrogen and deuterium is performed by exciting formaldehyde with a frequency-doubled ruby laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1973
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: C. Bradley Moore, Edward S. Yeung