Patents by Inventor Klaus Rieber

Klaus Rieber 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).

  • Device for assaying uranium and/or thorium in ore specimens comprising gold foil for suppressing compton background
    Patent number: 4224517
    Abstract: A device for assaying uranium and/or thorium present in ore specimens in concentrations above approximately 20 ppm according to the energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence technique, including a support for holding an ore specimen and a gamma source detector system located below the support and including a source for directing gamma radiation into the specimen in order to excite radiation containing X-ray K-lines, and a detector for detecting the X-ray K-lines of such radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Assignee: Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Andrzej Lubecki, Klaus Rieber