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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon Rees Jones, Wirral, GB;
Keith Woolley, Beckermet, GB;
Joseph William Spencer, Liverpool, GB;
Gary Jones, Warrington, GB;
Perminder Tony Singh, Chatham, GB;
Robert McAlpine Dickson, Appleton, GB;
John Raymond Gibson, Liverpool, GB;
Assignee:
British Nuclear Fuels PLC, Risley, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/700 ;
Abstract
The contents of a container 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.