Patents by Inventor Charles Hailey

Charles Hailey 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).

  • Method and apparatus for material identification using characteristic radiative emissions
    Patent number: 7301150
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for low-background detection of simultaneously-emitted characteristic radiative emissions is presented. In some aspects, the characteristic radiative emissions, e.g. X-rays, are produced by deexcitation of exotic (excited) atoms in a sample to be identified. The characteristic X-rays can be used to identify the sample according to its unique identifying energy spectrum. In other aspects, a nuclear characteristic radiative emission is detected and used for the identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventor: Charles Hailey
  • Method and apparatus for material identification using characteristic radiative emissions
    Publication number: 20060120509
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for low-background detection of simultaneously-emitted characteristic radiative emissions is presented. In some aspects, the characteristic radiative emissions, e.g. X-rays, are produced by deexcitation of exotic (excited) atoms in a sample to be identified. The characteristic X-rays can be used to identify the sample according to its unique identifying energy spectrum. In other aspects, a nuclear characteristic radiative emission is detected and used for the identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventor: Charles Hailey
  • Method and apparatus for material identification using characteristic radiative emissions
    Patent number: 7015475
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for low-background detection of simultaneously-emitted characteristic radiative emissions is presented. In some aspects, the characteristic radiative emissions, e.g. X-rays, are produced by deexcitation of exotic (excited) atoms in a sample to be identified. The characteristic X-rays can be used to identify the sample according to its unique identifying energy spectrum. In other aspects, a nuclear characteristic radiative emission is detected and used for the identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventor: Charles Hailey
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION USING CHARACTERISTIC RADIATIVE EMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20060033036
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for low-background detection of simultaneously-emitted characteristic radiative emissions is presented. In some aspects, the characteristic radiative emissions, e.g. X-rays, are produced by deexcitation of exotic (excited) atoms in a sample to be identified. The characteristic X-rays can be used to identify the sample according to its unique identifying energy spectrum. In other aspects, a nuclear characteristic radiative emission is detected and used for the identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University
    Inventor: Charles Hailey