Patents by Inventor N. Scott Cannon

N. Scott Cannon 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).

  • Testing of concrete by laser ablation
    Patent number: 5592283
    Abstract: A method of testing concrete in a structure in situ, by: directing a succession of pulses of laser radiation at a point on the structure so that each pulse effects removal of a quantity of concrete and transfers energy to the concrete; detecting a characteristic of energy which has been transferred to the concrete; determining, separately from the detecting step, the total quantity of concrete removed by the succession of pulses; and calculating a property of the concrete on the basis of the detected energy characteristic and the determined total quantity of concrete removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Westinghouse Hanford Company
    Inventors: Dann J. Flesher, David L. Becker, William L. Beem, Tommy C. Berry, N. Scott Cannon