Patents by Inventor Guy A. Armantrout

Guy A. Armantrout 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).

  • Process for making a ceramic composition for immobilization of actinides
    Patent number: 6320091
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for making a ceramic composition for the immobilization of actinides, particularly uranium and plutonium. The ceramic is a titanate material comprising pyrochlore, brannerite and rutile. The process comprises oxidizing the actinides, milling the oxides to a powder, blending them with ceramic precursors, cold pressing the blend and sintering the pressed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Bartley B. Ebbinghaus, Richard A. Van Konynenburg, Eric R. Vance, Martin W. Stewart, Philip A. Walls, William Allen Brummond, Guy A. Armantrout, Connie Cicero Herman, Beverly F. Hobson, David Thomas Herman, Paul G. Curtis, Joseph Farmer