Patents by Inventor Galen O'Neil

Galen O'Neil 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).

  • X-ray spectrometer
    Patent number: 10914694
    Abstract: An x-ray spectrometer includes: an x-ray plasma source that produces first x-rays; an x-ray optic in optical communication with the x-ray plasma source and that: receives the first x-rays from the x-ray plasma source; focuses the first x-rays to produce second x-rays; and communicates the second x-rays to a sample that produces product x-rays in response to receipt of the second x-rays and second light; and a microcalorimeter array detector in optical communication with the sample and that receives the product x-rays from the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Joel Ullom, Galen O'Neil, Luis Miaja Avila, Kevin Silverman, Daniel Swetz, Ralph Jimenez, William Bertrand Doriese, Gene Hilton, Carl Reintsema, Daniel Schmidt, Bradley K. Alpert, Jens Uhlig, Young Joe, Wilfred K. Fullagar, Villy Sundstrom, Ilari Maasilta, Joseph Fowler
  • X-RAY SPECTROMETER
    Publication number: 20190064084
    Abstract: An x-ray spectrometer includes: an x-ray plasma source that produces first x-rays; an x-ray optic in optical communication with the x-ray plasma source and that: receives the first x-rays from the x-ray plasma source; focuses the first x-rays to produce second x-rays; and communicates the second x-rays to a sample that produces product x-rays in response to receipt of the second x-rays and second light; and a microcalorimeter array detector in optical communication with the sample and that receives the product x-rays from the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Joel Ullom, Galen O'Neil, Luis Miaja Avila, Kevin Silverman, Daniel Swetz, Ralph Jimenez, William Bertrand Doriese, Gene Hilton, Carl Reintsema, Daniel Schmidt, Bradley K. Alpert, Jens Uhlig, Young Joe, Wilfred K. Fullagar, Villy Sundstrom, Ilari Maasilta, Joseph Fowler