Patents by Inventor Jana K. Pfeiffer

Jana K. Pfeiffer 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).

  • Surrogate isotope-containing materials for emergency response training and Methods of formation and dispersal
    Patent number: 11276508
    Abstract: Surrogate materials are in the form of solid particles that include surrogate isotopes, namely, short-lived isotopes selected and formed to serve as surrogates for the radioactive materials of a nuclear fallout without including isotopes that are, or that decay to, biologically or environmentally deleterious and persistent isotopes. The surrogate material may be formed using high-purity reactant material and irradiation and separation techniques that enable tailoring of the isotopes and ratios thereof included in the surrogate material, and the surrogate material may be dispersed, e.g., in a training environment, in solid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin P. Carney, Martha R. Finck, Jared J. Horkley, Mathew T. Kinlaw, Jana K. Pfeiffer, Erin M. May, Mathew S. Snow, Nicholas R. Mann, Christopher Andrew McGrath
  • SURROGATE MATERIALS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING AND METHODS OF FORMATION AND DISPERSAL
    Publication number: 20200203032
    Abstract: Surrogate materials are in the form of solid particles that include surrogate isotopes, namely, short-lived isotopes selected and formed to serve as surrogates for the radioactive materials of a nuclear fallout without including isotopes that are, or that decay to, biologically or environmentally deleterious and persistent isotopes. The surrogate material may be formed using high-purity reactant material and irradiation and separation techniques that enable tailoring of the isotopes and ratios thereof included in the surrogate material, and the surrogate material may be dispersed, e.g., in a training environment, in solid form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin P. Carney, Martha R. Finck, Jared J. Horkley, Mathew T. Kinlaw, Jana K. Pfeiffer, Erin M. May, Mathew S. Snow, Nicholas R. Mann, Christopher Andrew McGrath