Patents by Inventor Marc Bergevin

Marc Bergevin 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).

  • Patent number: 10436919
    Abstract: Nuclear reactors are emitters of a fundamental particle known as an antineutrino. The antineutrinos emitted as a result of nuclear fission reactions inside a reactor core carry information about those fission reactions. To detect the antineutrinos emitted by the nuclear reactor, the exemplary detector detects a positron event followed by a neutron event. The exemplary detector can also reconstruct the direction of the detected neutron to remove events produced by cosmogenic fast neutrons from the neutrons generated by the nuclear fission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Dazeley, Marc Bergevin, Adam Bernstein
  • Publication number: 20190285760
    Abstract: Nuclear reactors are emitters of a fundamental particle known as an antineutrino. The antineutrinos emitted as a result of nuclear fission reactions inside a reactor core carry information about those fission reactions. To detect the antineutrinos emitted by the nuclear reactor, the exemplary detector detects a positron event followed by a neutron event. The exemplary detector can also reconstruct the direction of the detected neutron to remove events produced by cosmogenic fast neutrons from the neutrons generated by the nuclear fission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Dazeley, Marc Bergevin, Adam Bernstein