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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:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2003
Applicants:
David E. Hill, Knoxville, TN (US);
Miguel Rodriguez, Jr., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Elias Greenbaum, Knoxville, TN (US);
James W. Klett, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
David E. Hill, Knoxville, TN (US);
Miguel Rodriguez, Jr., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Elias Greenbaum, Knoxville, TN (US);
James W. Klett, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A freeze resistant buoy system includes a tail-tube buoy having a thermally insulated section disposed predominantly above a waterline, and a thermo-siphon disposed predominantly below the waterline.