Patents by Inventor Robert McAlpine Dickson

Robert McAlpine Dickson 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).

  • Monitoring the contents of a container by ultrasonic means
    Patent number: 6680994
    Abstract: The contents of a container 1 are non-intrusively monitored by probing the container with an ultrasonic signal, and measuring changes in the ultrasound signature of the received signal after the signal has passed through the contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: British Nuclear Fuels PLC
    Inventors: Gordon Rees Jones, Keith Woolley, Joseph William Spencer, Gary Jones, Perminder Tony Singh, Robert McAlpine Dickson, John Raymond Gibson
  • Monitoring the contents of a container by ultrasonic means
    Publication number: 20020159557
    Abstract: The contents of a container 1 are non-intrusively monitored by probing the container with an ultrasonic signal, and measuring changes in the ultrasound signature of the received signal after the signal has passed through the contents of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: British Nuclear Fuels PLC
    Inventors: Gordon Rees Jones, Keith E.H. Woolley, Joseph William Spencer, Gary A. Jones, Perminder Tony Singh, Robert McAlpine Dickson, John Raymond Gibson