Patents by Inventor Dowell E. Martz

Dowell E. Martz 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).

  • Beta/alpha continuous air monitor
    Patent number: 4888485
    Abstract: A single deep layer silicon detector in combination with a microcomputer, recording both alpha and beta activity and the energy of each pulse, distinguishing energy peaks using a novel curve fitting technique to reduce the natural alpha counts in the energy region where plutonium and other transuranic alpha emitters are present, and using a novel algorithm to strip out radon daughter contribution to actual beta counts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: The United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Gregory K. Becker, Dowell E. Martz