Patents by Inventor Lynn Allen Boatner

Lynn Allen Boatner 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).

  • Neutron absorption detector
    Patent number: 7952075
    Abstract: A method of detecting an activator, the method including impinging a receptor material that is not predominately water and lacks a photoluminescent material with an activator and generating Cherenkov effect light due to the activator impinging the receptor material. The method further including identifying a characteristic of the activator based on the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Zane William Bell, Lynn Allen Boatner
  • Neutron absorption detector
    Publication number: 20100038551
    Abstract: A method of detecting an activator, the method including impinging a receptor material that is not predominately water and lacks a photoluminescent material with an activator and generating Cherenkov effect light due to the activator impinging the receptor material. The method further including identifying a characteristic of the activator based on the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Zane William Bell, Lynn Allen Boatner
  • Activation detector
    Patent number: 7629588
    Abstract: A method of detecting an activator, the method including impinging with an activator a receptor material lacking a photoluminescent material and generating a by-product of a radioactive decay due to the activator impinging the receptor material. The method further including, generating light from the by-product via the Cherenkov effect and identifying a characteristic of the activator based on the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Zane William Bell, Lynn Allen Boatner
  • Infra-red signature neutron detector
    Patent number: 7601965
    Abstract: A method of detecting an activator, the method including impinging with an activator a receptor material that includes a photoluminescent material that generates infrared radiation and generating a by-product of a nuclear reaction due to the activator impinging the receptor material. The method further includes generating light from the by-product via the Cherenkov effect, wherein the light activates the photoluminescent material so as to generate the infrared radiation. Identifying a characteristic of the activator based on the infrared radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Zane William Bell, Lynn Allen Boatner