Patents by Inventor Gary C. Koop

Gary C. Koop 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).

  • High energy airborne coil laser
    Patent number: 5974072
    Abstract: A high energy chemical laser capable of being operated in an aircraft to interdict and destroy theater ballistic missiles is provided. A key to the chemical laser of the invention is the use of individual chemical lasers whose individual photon energy outputs can be combined into a single high-energy laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Hartlove, Charles W. Clendening, Jr., Robert J. Day, Gary C. Koop