Patents by Inventor Steven T. Farmer

Steven T. Farmer 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).

  • Process for processing radioactive waste for shipment and storage
    Patent number: 9368243
    Abstract: A process for encapsulating a radioactive object to render the object suitable for shipment and/or storage, and including the steps of preparing a plastic material, causing the plastic material to react with a foaming agent, generating a foaming plastic, encapsulating the radioactive object in the foaming plastic, and allowing the foaming plastic to solidify around the radioactive object to form an impervious coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Barnhardt Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Steven T. Farmer, Richard T. Stoehr, Richard L. Rose
  • COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PROCESSING RADIOACTIVE WASTE FOR SHIPMENT AND STORAGE
    Publication number: 20150243394
    Abstract: A process for encapsulating a radioactive object to render the object suitable for shipment and/or storage, and including the steps of preparing a plastic material, causing the plastic material to react with a foaming agent, generating a foaming plastic, encapsulating the radioactive object in the foaming plastic, and allowing the foaming plastic to solidify around the radioactive object to form an impervious coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Steven T. Farmer, Richard T. Stoehr, Richard L. Rose
  • Processing radioactive waste for shipment and storage
    Patent number: 9018432
    Abstract: A process for encapsulating a radioactive object to render the object suitable for shipment and/or storage, and including the steps of preparing a plastic material, causing the plastic material to react with a foaming agent, generating a foaming plastic, encapsulating the radioactive object in the foaming plastic, and allowing the foaming plastic to solidify around the radioactive object to form an impervious coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Barnhardt Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Steven T. Farmer, Richard T. Stoehr, Richard L. Rose
  • COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PROCESSING RADIOACTIVE WASTE FOR SHIPMENT AND STORAGE
    Publication number: 20140121439
    Abstract: A process for encapsulating a radioactive object to render the object suitable for shipment and/or storage, and including the steps of preparing a plastic material, causing the plastic material to react with a foaming agent, generating a foaming plastic, encapsulating the radioactive object in the foaming plastic, and allowing the foaming plastic to solidify around the radioactive object to form an impervious coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Barnhardt Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Steven T. Farmer, Richard T. Stoehr, Richard L. Rose