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Hybrid Scintillators for Neutron Discrimination

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Patent Title Patent Number Grant Date
OPTICALLY PUMPED GRADIENT MAGNETOMETER 11,543,474 01/03/2023
BROAD-AREA LASER AWARENESS SENSOR 11,519,997 12/06/2022
High Luminescence Plastic Scintillators 11,479,717 10/25/2022
MODULAR LOW COST TRACKERLESS SPECTRAL SENSOR 11,460,344 10/04/2022
ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION OF GAS PHASE CHEMICALS 11,378,547 07/05/2022
Radiation detector using a graphene amplifier layer 11,287,536 03/29/2022
Directional infrasound sensing 11,287,506 03/29/2022
Probe for Operando In Situ Electrochemical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 11,215,686 01/04/2022
Microneedle-based electrical impedance sensor to monitor plant water status in real time 11,060,989 07/13/2021
System, algorithm, and method using short pulse interrogation with neutrons to detect and identify matter 11,061,164 07/13/2021
Dual frequency transceiver device 10,984,300 04/20/2021
Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection and assessment via temporal intensity aliasing 10,977,772 04/13/2021
Remote vibration sensing through opaque media using permanent magnets 10,969,269 04/06/2021
Method to synthesize nanoparticle supercrystals 10,947,116 03/16/2021
Muon detectors, systems and methods 10,921,468 02/16/2021
Method of fabricating photosensitive devices with reduced process-temperature budget 10,910,508 02/02/2021
Passive millimeter wave radiometer system for calibration of infrared cameras 10,876,898 12/29/2020
Hydrothermal aging-resistant plastic scintillator formulations 10,732,304 08/04/2020
In-situ active impedance characterization of scanned array antennas 10,720,703 07/21/2020
Apparatus, system and method for highlighting activity-induced change in multi-pass synthetic aperture radar imagery 10,698,104 06/30/2020
System and method for measuring fluid properties using magnetic field techniques via magnetic tracer 10,627,269 04/21/2020
Compact radiation detector 10,620,326 04/14/2020
Ultra-wideband mutual coupling compensation of active electronically scanned arrays in multi-channel radar systems 10,615,495 04/07/2020
Co-notch and independent windowing to mitigate interference in SAR-based imagery 10,591,582 03/17/2020
Apparatus, system and method for highlighting anomalous change in multi-pass synthetic aperture radar imagery 10,535,127 01/14/2020
Mixed compound organic glass scintillators 10,508,233 12/17/2019
Spectral replacement to mitigate interference for multi-pass synthetic aperture radar 10,495,750 12/03/2019
Low-power MEMS wakeup system 10,481,672 11/19/2019
High sensitivity single-axis MEMS accelerometer with bilateral flexures 10,473,687 11/12/2019
Waveform warping for general frequency-modulated radar waveforms 10,473,755 11/12/2019
Vehicle track detection in synthetic aperture radar imagery 10,467,474 11/05/2019
Optomechanical gyroscope utilizing the Sagnac effect 10,458,795 10/29/2019
Muon detectors, systems and methods 10,451,745 10/22/2019
Monolithic flexure mount 10,409,030 09/10/2019
Neutron multiplicity detector control circuitry and firmware 10,353,088 07/16/2019
Reduced-bias multi-resolution coherent change detection 10,345,440 07/09/2019
Spectral notch interference mitigation for stretch processing synthetic aperture radar 10,330,786 06/25/2019
Frequency shifted, vacuum pressure sensor 10,317,300 06/11/2019
Automatic peak interval, relative volatility, and relative amplitude detection in high-volume temporal data 10,303,841 05/28/2019
Hyperdimensional visualization tool 10,297,054 05/21/2019
Dual-band GPS antenna with horizontal polarization 10,290,950 05/14/2019
Apodization of spurs in radar receivers using multi-channel processing 10,288,729 05/14/2019
Rotation flexure with temperature controlled modal frequency 10,288,121 05/14/2019
Extended cavity laser absorption spectroscopy 10,288,482 05/14/2019
Doppler-assisted sensor fusion 10,267,895 04/23/2019
Small mover target detection in synthetic aperture radar imagery 10,254,399 04/09/2019
Full-field surface roughness 10,254,112 04/09/2019
Communication device and method of making the same 10,235,614 03/19/2019
In-situ active impedance characterization of scanned array antennas 10,218,068 02/26/2019
Analysis and categorization of eye tracking data describing scanpaths 10,181,078 01/15/2019
Robust power detector for wideband signals among many single tone signals 10,171,189 01/01/2019
Microsampler and method of making the same 10,161,835 12/25/2018
Sensor system that uses embedded optical fibers 10,161,924 12/25/2018
Sealed micro gas chromatography columns and methods thereof 10,151,732 12/11/2018
Defect screening method for electronic circuits and circuit components using power spectrum anaylysis 10,145,894 12/04/2018
AMPLIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL TARGETS VIA ON-CHIP CULTURE FOR BIOSENSING 10,126,299 11/13/2018
Multi-aperture optical system for high-resolution imaging 10,120,195 11/06/2018
Scanning method for screening of electronic devices 10,094,874 10/09/2018
Antenna array with low Rx and Tx sidelobe levels 10,062,972 08/28/2018
Vehicle track identification in synthetic aperture radar images 10,032,077 07/24/2018
Optomechanical force sensors, cantilevers, and systems thereof 10,031,158 07/24/2018
Artifact reduction within a SAR image 10,018,718 07/10/2018
Monolithically integrated infrared transceiver 10,020,634 07/10/2018
Atomic magnetometer with multiple spatial channels 9,995,800 06/12/2018
Compact radiation detector 9,993,894 06/12/2018
High-temperature, adhesive-based microvalves and uses thereof 9,995,411 06/12/2018
Representation of activity in images using geospatial temporal graphs 9,959,647 05/01/2018
Robust power detector for wideband signals among many single tone signals 9,912,420 03/06/2018
Searches over graphs representing geospatial-temporal remote sensing data 9,911,039 03/06/2018
Image registration via optimization over disjoint image regions 9,886,645 02/06/2018
Amplification of biological targets via on-chip culture for biosensing 9,857,370 01/02/2018
Radar velocity determination using direction of arrival measurements 9,846,229 12/19/2017
High-efficiency organic glass scintillators 9,845,334 12/19/2017
Single volume fission energy neutron detector 9,835,741 12/05/2017
Apodization of spurs in radar receivers using multi-channel processing 9,823,346 11/21/2017
Joint synthetic aperture radar plus ground moving target indicator from single-channel radar using compressive sensing 9,791,563 10/17/2017
Time-dependent phase error correction using digital waveform synthesis 9,784,818 10/10/2017
Rotation flexure with temperature controlled modal frequency 9,759,263 09/12/2017
Neutron detection apparatus and method 9,733,367 08/15/2017
Geospatial-temporal semantic graph representations of trajectories from remote sensing and geolocation data 9,727,976 08/08/2017
Resonant surface acoustic wave chemical detector 9,726,646 08/08/2017
Combined radar and telemetry system 9,720,080 08/01/2017
Filter arrays 9,720,102 08/01/2017
Reconfigurable electronics using conducting metal-organic frameworks 9,711,743 07/18/2017
Catheterized plasma X-ray source 9,681,846 06/20/2017
Phase difference of arrival geolocation 9,651,648 05/16/2017
Waveform frequency notching 9,645,227 05/09/2017
Shaping the spectrum of random-phase radar waveforms 9,645,228 05/09/2017
Segmented scintillation antineutrino detector 9,645,258 05/09/2017
Omnidirectional antenna having constant phase 9,614,273 04/04/2017
Microstructured silicon radiation detector 9,595,628 03/14/2017
Method of achieving ultra-wideband true-time-delay beam steering for active electronically scanned arrays 9,479,232 10/25/2016
High-yield entangled single photon source 9,465,274 10/11/2016
Zero-power receiver 9,460,321 10/04/2016
Subaperture clutter filter with CFAR signal detection 9,429,644 08/30/2016
Miniaturized photoacoustic spectrometer 9,410,931 08/09/2016
Reduction of radar cross-section of a wind turbine 9,404,371 08/02/2016
Devices and methods to detect and quantify trace gases 9,329,154 05/03/2016
Self-shielding flex-circuit drift tube, drift tube assembly and method of making 9,324,550 04/26/2016
Self-shielding flex-circuit drift tube, drift tube assembly and method of making 9,324,550 04/26/2016
Navigator alignment using radar scan 9,304,198 04/05/2016
Two-path Plasmonic Interferometer with Integrated Detector 9,297,638 03/29/2016
PC board mount corrosion sensitive sensor 9,291,543 03/22/2016
3D target array for pulsed multi-sourced radiography 9,269,524 02/23/2016
Gimbaled multispectral imaging system and method 9,244,264 01/26/2016
Terrain detection and classification using single polarization SAR 9,239,384 01/19/2016
In situ calibration of a light source in a sensor device 9,222,810 12/29/2015
Method for the electro-addressable functionalization of electrode arrays 9,212,430 12/15/2015
Athermal channeled spectropolarimeter 9,207,123 12/08/2015
Trace detection of analytes using portable raman systems 9,194,805 11/24/2015
Power spectrum analysis for defect screening in integrated circuit devices 9,188,622 11/17/2015
Passive absolute age and temperature history sensor 9,182,436 11/10/2015
Compact ion chamber based neutron detector 9,170,340 10/27/2015
Multifunctional thin film surface 9,157,161 10/13/2015
Pre-processing SAR image stream to facilitate compression for transport on bandwidth-limited-link 9,146,312 09/29/2015
Multiple-mode radiation detector 9,116,249 08/25/2015
Sparse sampling and reconstruction for electron and scanning probe microscope imaging 9,093,249 07/28/2015
Optical based tactile shear and normal load sensor 9,052,775 06/09/2015
Hybrid scintillators for neutron discrimination 9,029,807 05/12/2015
Remote sensing using MIMO systems 9,019,148 04/28/2015
Synthetic aperture radar images with composite azimuth resolution 8,994,577 03/31/2015
Photon detector configured to employ the Gunn effect and method of use 8,981,312 03/17/2015
Plasma driven neutron/gamma generator 8,971,473 03/03/2015
High data-rate atom interferometers through high recapture efficiency 8,941,053 01/27/2015
Ion chamber based neutron detectors 8,912,502 12/16/2014
Fast electron microscopy via compressive sensing 8,907,280 12/09/2014
Multi-step contrast sensitivity gauge 8,858,076 10/14/2014
Ultra-wideband short-pulse radar with range accuracy for short range detection 8,854,254 10/07/2014
Detection of electrophilic and nucleophilic chemical agents 8,802,444 08/12/2014
Capacitive chemical sensor 8,736,000 05/27/2014
Screening system and method of using same 8,695,443 04/15/2014
SAW correlator spread spectrum receiver 8,687,674 04/01/2014
Optically transduced MEMS magnetometer 8,674,689 03/18/2014
Methods for automatic trigger threshold adjustment 8,676,540 03/18/2014
Wireless passive radiation sensor 8,596,862 12/03/2013
Preconcentrator with high volume chiller for high vapor pressure particle detection 8,561,483 10/22/2013
Micro Gas-Puff Based Source 8,530,854 09/10/2013
Heterodyne photomixer spectrometer with receiver photomixer driven at different frequency than source photomixer 8,482,739 07/09/2013
Tracking heat flux sensors for concentrating solar applications 8,459,865 06/11/2013
Frequency selective infrared sensors 8,452,134 05/28/2013
Imaging doppler velocimeter with downward heterodyning in the optical domain 8,446,575 05/21/2013
Tracking moving radar targets with parallel, velocity-tuned filters 8,427,359 04/23/2013
Mitigating illumination gradients in a SAR image based on the image data and antenna beam pattern 8,427,358 04/23/2013
Ultrasonic probe deployment device for increased wave transmission and rapid area scan inspections 8,371,173 02/12/2013
Passive hybrid sensing tag with flexible substrate saw device 8,339,219 12/25/2012
Method for improving the angular resolution of a neutron scatter camera 8,338,795 12/25/2012
Microfabricated thermionic detector 8,298,488 10/30/2012
Portable dual field gradient force multichannel flow cytometer device with a dual wavelength low noise detection scheme 8,293,089 10/23/2012
Strained layer superlattice focal plane array having a planar structure 8,293,566 10/23/2012
Real-time method for establishing a detection map for a network of sensors 8,265,870 09/11/2012
Technique for identifying, tracing, or tracking objects in image data 8,253,802 08/28/2012
Detection of electrophilic and nucleophilic chemical agents 8,247,554 08/21/2012
Wireless passive temperature sensor 8,240,911 08/14/2012
Neutron scatter camera for improved neutron detection 8,237,130 08/07/2012
Atomic magnetometer 8,212,556 07/03/2012
USING DOPPLER RADAR IMAGES TO ESTIMATE AIRCRAFT NAVIGATIONAL HEADING ERROR 8,212,714 07/03/2012
Microelectromechanical Inertial Sensor 8,205,497 06/26/2012
Technique for ship/wake detection 8,170,282 05/01/2012
Apparatus for inspecting a group of containers and method of using same 8,126,596 02/28/2012
Estimating pixel variances in the scenes of staring sensors 8,103,116 01/24/2012
Thermal wake/vessel detection technique 8,094,886 01/10/2012
Ultrasonic probe deployment device for increased wave transmission and rapid area scan inspections 8,087,298 01/03/2012
Lateral conduction infrared photodetector 8,022,390 09/20/2011
MOUNTABLE EDDY CURRENT SENSOR FOR IN-SITU REMOTE DETECTION OF SURFACE & SUB-SURFACE FATIGUE CRACKS 8,013,600 09/06/2011
Hybrid metal organic scintillator materials system and particle detector 7,985,868 07/26/2011
Microfabricated field calibration assembly for analytical instruments 7,913,534 03/29/2011
Generating nonlinear FM chirp radar signals by multiple integrations 7,880,672 02/01/2011
Ion mobility spectrometer with virtual aperture grid 7,838,823 11/23/2010
Methods for spectral image analysis by exploiting spatial simplicity 7,840,626 11/23/2010
Comparing range data across the slow-time dimension to correct motion measurement errors beyond the range resolution of a synthetic aperture radar 7,777,665 08/17/2010
Decreasing range resolution of a SAR image to permit correction of motion measurement errors beyond the SAR range resolution 7,760,128 07/20/2010
Strained-layer superlattice focal plane array having a planar structure 7,755,079 07/13/2010
Neutron scatter camera 7,741,613 06/22/2010
Methods for spectral image analysis by exploiting spatial simplicity 7,725,517 05/25/2010
Correlation spectrometer 7,697,134 04/13/2010
Nanoelectrode array for electrochemical analysis 7,625,469 12/01/2009
Edge-based correlation image registration for multispectral imaging 7,620,269 11/17/2009
Portable modular detection system 7,602,307 10/13/2009
Electrochemical assembly of organic molecules by the reduction of iodonium salts 7,550,071 06/23/2009
Flight path-driven mitigation of wavefront curvature effects in SAR images 7,551,119 06/23/2009
Window-based method for approximating the Hausdorff in three-dimensional range imagery 7,542,624 06/02/2009
Synthetic aperture design for increased SAR image rate 7,498,968 03/03/2009
Method for mapping a natural gas leak 7,486,399 02/03/2009
Detection of electrophilic and nucleophilic chemical agents 7,449,579 11/11/2008
Controlling data collection to support SAR image rotation 7,436,349 10/14/2008
Micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensor for footwear 7,426,873 09/23/2008
Direct detector for terahertz radiation 7,420,225 09/02/2008
Direct detector for terahertz radiation 7,420,225 09/02/2008
Correlation ion mobility spectroscopy 7,417,222 08/26/2008
Pyroelectric demodulating detector 7,397,301 07/08/2008
SAR image formation with azimuth interpolation after azimuth transform 7,397,418 07/08/2008
Fault location in optical networks 7,393,145 07/01/2008
Correction of motion measurement errors beyond the range resolution of a synthetic aperture radar 7,391,357 06/24/2008
Modular sensor network node 7,386,352 06/10/2008
Natural gas leak mapper 7,375,814 05/20/2008
Low power, scalable multichannel high voltage controller 7,348,688 03/25/2008
Nanomechanical near-field grating apparatus and acceleration sensor formed therefrom 7,339,738 03/04/2008
Laser remote sensing of backscattered light from a target sample 7,336,351 02/26/2008
Side-emitting fiber optic position sensor 7,329,857 02/12/2008
Apparatus and method for selectively channeling a fluid 7,314,208 01/01/2008
Stationary phase deposition based on onium salts 7,314,505 01/01/2008
Analyte separation utilizing temperature programmed desorption of a preconcentrator mesh 7,299,711 11/27/2007
Non-planar microfabricated gas chromatography column 7,273,517 09/25/2007
Portable vapor diffusion coefficient meter 7,229,593 06/12/2007
Load cell having strain gauges of arbitrary location 7,188,535 03/13/2007
Organic materials and devices for detecting ionizing radiation 7,186,987 03/06/2007
Mass-sensitive chemical preconcentrator 7,168,298 01/30/2007
Backscatter absorption gas imaging systems and light sources therefore 7,151,787 12/19/2006
Low energy high pressure miniature screw valve 7,147,205 12/12/2006
Non-planar chemical preconcentrator 7,118,712 10/10/2006
Integrated resonant micro-optical gyroscope and method of fabrication 7,106,448 09/12/2006
Micropyrolyzer for chemical analysis of liquid and solid samples 7,078,237 07/18/2006
Inertial measurement unit using rotatable MEMS sensors 7,066,004 06/27/2006
Resistivity analysis 7,062,399 06/13/2006
Optical position sensor for determining the interface between a clear and an opaque fluid 7,049,622 05/23/2006
Apparatus for measuring the concentration of a species at a distance 7,027,150 04/11/2006
Low power, scalable multichannel high voltage controller 7,012,342 03/14/2006
Micro-fluidic interconnect 7,004,198 02/28/2006
Tangential velocity measurement using interferometric MTI radar 6,982,668 01/03/2006
Active optical zoom system 6,977,777 12/20/2005
Fluorescent optical position sensor 6,965,709 11/15/2005
Apparatus for sensing volatile organic chemicals in fluids 6,902,701 06/07/2005
Tamper-indicating barcode and method 6,869,015 03/22/2005
Passive injection control for microfluidic systems 6,833,068 12/21/2004
Method for chemical sensing using a microfabricated teeter-totter resonator 6,823,720 11/30/2004
Method of packaging and assembling micro-fluidic device 6,821,819 11/23/2004
Protective shield for an instrument probe 6,809,811 10/26/2004
Surface-micromachined microfluidic devices 6,797,187 09/28/2004
Microcombustor 6,786,716 09/07/2004
Universal EUV in-band intensity detector 6,781,135 08/24/2004
Method for making electro-fluidic connections in microfluidic devices 6,772,513 08/10/2004
Poole-frenkel piezoconductive element and sensor 6,771,083 08/03/2004
Electrokinetic pump 6,770,183 08/03/2004
Optical microspectrometer 6,741,349 05/25/2004
Micromechanical apparatus for measurement of forces 6,739,201 05/25/2004
Portable outgas detection apparatus 6,734,422 05/11/2004
Boron nitride solid state neutron detector 6,727,504 04/27/2004
Long working distance interference microscope 6,721,094 04/13/2004
Sensor assembly 6,720,550 04/13/2004
Sub-to super-ambient temperature programmable microfabricated gas chromatography column 6,706,091 03/16/2004
Method to fabricate silicon chromatographic column comprising fluid ports 6,699,392 03/02/2004
Fluorescent fluid interface position sensor 6,693,285 02/17/2004
Pulsed laser linescanner for a backscatter absorption gas imaging system 6,690,472 02/10/2004
Airborne agent concentration analysis 6,687,640 02/03/2004
Actuator device utilizing a conductive polymer gel 6,685,442 02/03/2004
Composition pulse time-of-flight mass flow sensor 6,675,660 01/13/2004
Temperature programmable microfabricated gas chromatography column 6,666,907 12/23/2003
Microfabricated packed gas chromatographic column 6,663,697 12/16/2003
Method for detecting moisture in soils using secondary cosmic radiation 6,663,012 12/16/2003
Active shunt capacitance cancelling oscillator circuit 6,624,708 09/23/2003
Formation of interconnections to microfluidic devices 6,599,436 07/29/2003
Distributed fiber optic moisture intrusion sensing system 6,581,445 06/24/2003
Capillary test specimen, system, and methods for in-situ visualization of capillary flow and fillet formation 6,581,438 06/24/2003
Apparatus and method for analyzing functional failures in integrated circuits 6,549,022 04/15/2003
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