Patents by Inventor Robert C. Svoboda

Robert C. Svoboda 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).

  • Gadolinium-doped water cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma-ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system
    Patent number: 8373133
    Abstract: A water Cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system using water doped with a Gadolinium (Gd)-based compound as the Cerenkov radiator. An optically opaque enclosure is provided surrounding a detection chamber filled with the Cerenkov radiator, and photomultipliers are optically connected to the detect Cerenkov radiation generated by the Cerenkov radiator from incident high energy gamma rays or gamma rays induced by neutron capture on the Gd of incident neutrons from a fission source. The PMT signals are then used to determine time correlations indicative of neutron multiplicity events characteristic of a fission source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Steven A. Dazeley, Robert C. Svoboda, Adam Bernstein, Nathaniel Bowden
  • Gadolinium-Doped Water Cerenkov-Based Neutron and High Energy Gamma-Ray Detector and Radiation Portal Monitoring System
    Publication number: 20110024639
    Abstract: A water Cerenkov-based neutron and high energy gamma ray detector and radiation portal monitoring system using water doped with a Gadolinium (Gd)-based compound as the Cerenkov radiator. An optically opaque enclosure is provided surrounding a detection chamber filled with the Cerenkov radiator, and photomultipliers are optically connected to the detect Cerenkov radiation generated by the Cerenkov radiator from incident high energy gamma rays or gamma rays induced by neutron capture on the Gd of incident neutrons from a fission source. The PMT signals are then used to determine time correlations indicative of neutron multiplicity events characteristic of a fission source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Steven A. Dazeley, Robert C. Svoboda, Adam Bernstein, Nathaniel Bowden