Patents by Inventor Terry O. Trask

Terry O. Trask 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).

  • Apparatus for the laser dissociation of molecules
    Patent number: 5323413
    Abstract: An apparatus for dissociation of gas molecules which absorb light comprising a resonance optical cavity, a nozzle for introducing gas molecules into the resonance optical cavity in contact with the high velocity gas molecules, a focusing lens for focusing the laser beam at the point of contact of the laser beam and the high velocity gas molecules, a 100 percent reflecting mirror for receiving the laser beam after it passes through such molecules, a partially reflecting mirror positioned between the molecules for reflecting a portion of laser beam back into the laser and the remainder of the beam through the gas molecules to the 100 percent reflecting mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Gergely, Terry O. Trask, Samir A. Ahmed