G01V 5/281
Detecting special nuclear material [snm]
Official title: {detecting special nuclear material [SNM], e.g. Uranium-235, Uranium-233 or Plutonium-239}
G01V5/281 (Detecting special nuclear material [snm]) appears on 148 US grants and 165 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 165
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 27 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multifaceted radiation detection and classification system27 Jan 2026US 12,535,615 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Five-point deconvolution interpretation method for quantification of uranium ores by gamma spectrum logging29 Apr 2025US 12,287,448 B2
- Multifaceted radiation detection and classification system16 Jul 2024US 12,038,553 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- System and method for fissionable material detection with a short pulse neutron source9 Jan 2024US 11,867,866 B2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- System and method for identifying nuclear threats5 Dec 2023US 11,835,477 B2Caen Technologies, Inc.
- Multifaceted radiation detection and classification system9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098981 A1Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Multifaceted radiation detection and classification system17 Oct 2024US 2024/0345283 A1Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
- Hybrid mass-alpha spectrometry for high resolution spectroscopy27 Jul 2023US 2023/0236119 A1Purdue Research Foundation
- Five-point deconvolution interpretation method for quantification of uranium ores by gamma spectrum logging20 Jul 2023US 2023/0228906 A1East China University of Technology
- Multifaceted radiation detection and classification system13 Jul 2023US 2023/0221458 A1Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
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