| Top Inventors for class "Induced nuclear reactions: processes, systems, and elements" |
| Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
| 1 | Roderick A. Hyde | US | Redmond, WA | May 09, 2013 / 20130116663 - Systems and methods for dynamic drug therapy response to blood pressure incidents | 58 |
| 2 | Lowell L. Wood, Jr. | US | Bellevue, WA | May 16, 2013 / 20130122883 - DEACTIVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TRANSFERABLE DEVICE | 53 |
| 3 | Muriel Y. Ishikawa | US | Livermore, CA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130081876 - Optical power for self-propelled mineral mole | 42 |
| 4 | Charles Whitmer | US | North Bend, WA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130081876 - Optical power for self-propelled mineral mole | 35 |
| 5 | Thomas Allan Weaver | US | San Mateo, CA | May 10, 2012 / 20120115240 - Treatment of ruminant exhalations | 32 |
| 6 | Nathan P. Myhrvold | US | Medina, WA | Dec 27, 2012 / 20120327277 - COLOR FILTERS AND DEMOSAICING TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL IMAGING | 30 |
| 7 | Joshua C. Walter | US | Kirkland, WA | Oct 11, 2012 / 20120257707 - Nuclear fuel and method of fabricating the same | 30 |
| 8 | David G. Mcalees | US | Bellevue, WA | Jul 07, 2011 / 20110164714 - Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods | 29 |
| 9 | George B. Zimmerman | US | Lafayette, CA | Jul 07, 2011 / 20110164714 - Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods | 27 |
| 10 | David Grey Smith | US | Leland, NC | Aug 16, 2012 / 20120207262 - Debris Exclusion and Retention Device for a Fuel Assembly | 23 |
| 11 | Charles E. Ahlfeld | US | La Jolla, CA | Jul 07, 2011 / 20110164714 - Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods | 22 |
| 12 | John Rogers Gilleland | US | Kirkland, WA | Jul 07, 2011 / 20110164714 - Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods | 21 |
| 13 | William Earl Russell, Ii | US | Wilmington, NC | Oct 13, 2011 / 20110250107 - COLUMN GEOMETRY TO MAXIMIZE ELUTION EFFICIENCIES FOR MOLYBDENUM-99 | 19 |
| 14 | Clarence T. Tegreene | US | Bellevue, WA | May 16, 2013 / 20130122883 - DEACTIVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TRANSFERABLE DEVICE | 19 |
| 15 | Victoria Y.h. Wood | US | Livermore, CA | Apr 04, 2013 / 20130081876 - Optical power for self-propelled mineral mole | 17 |
| 16 | Jon D. Mcwhirter | US | Newcastle, WA | Jun 07, 2012 / 20120138179 - Electromagnetic flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid | 17 |
| 17 | Michael S. Defilippis | US | Wilmington, NC | Jul 26, 2012 / 20120189090 - Tiered Tie Plates and Fuel Bundles Using the Same | 15 |
| 18 | Ashok Odedra | US | Bellevue, WA | Jun 07, 2012 / 20120138179 - Electromagnetic flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid | 14 |
| 19 | Kevan D. Weaver | US | Redmond, WA | Jun 07, 2012 / 20120138179 - Electromagnetic flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid | 13 |
| 20 | Lars Hallstadius | SE | Vasteras | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130051513 - REACTOR COMPONENT | 12 |
| 21 | Charles E. Ahlfeld | US | Lajolla, CA | Oct 11, 2012 / 20120257707 - Nuclear fuel and method of fabricating the same | 11 |
| 22 | Makoto Nagase | JP | Mito | Nov 29, 2012 / 20120298875 - Radiation Measurement Apparatus and Method of Measuring Radiation | 11 |
| 23 | Kang Hee Lee | KR | Daejeon | Mar 15, 2012 / 20120063562 - DUAL-COOLED FUEL ROD'S SPACER GRIDS WITH UPPER AND LOWER CROSS-WAVY-SHAPE DIMPLE | 10 |
| 24 | Nathan P. Myhrvold | US | Bellevue, WA | May 09, 2013 / 20130116663 - Systems and methods for dynamic drug therapy response to blood pressure incidents | 10 |
| 25 | Krishna P. Singh | US | Jupiter, FL | Mar 21, 2013 / 20130070885 - CANISTER APPARATUS AND BASKET FOR TRANSPORTING, STORING AND/OR SUPPORTING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL | 10 |
| 26 | Gerald A. Luciano | US | Wilmington, NC | Aug 16, 2012 / 20120207262 - Debris Exclusion and Retention Device for a Fuel Assembly | 10 |
| 27 | Pavel Hejzlar | US | Kirkland, WA | Jul 07, 2011 / 20110164714 - Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods | 9 |
| 28 | Hyung Kyu Kim | KR | Daejeon | Apr 11, 2013 / 20130090276 - LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION FOR FLUID DYNAMIC BEARING AND HDD MOTOR FABRICATED USING THE SAME | 9 |
| 29 | Jae Yong Kim | KR | Daejeon | Mar 17, 2011 / 20110064184 - UNIT SPACER GRID STRAP, UNIT SPACER GRID, AND SPACER GRID FOR NUCLEAR FUEL RODS | 9 |
| 30 | Kun Woo Song | KR | Daejeon | Apr 26, 2012 / 20120098149 - METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOLUBILITY OF ADDITIVES AT AND NEAR GRAIN BOUNDARIES, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SINTERED NUCLEAR FUEL PELLET HAVING LARGE GRAIN SIZE USING THE SAME | 9 |
| 31 | Yasushi Tsuboi | JP | Yokohama-Shi | Jul 19, 2012 / 20120183113 - REACTIVITY CONTROL ROD FOR CORE, CORE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR, NUCLEAR REACTOR AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT | 9 |
| 32 | Young Ho Lee | KR | Daejeon | Aug 16, 2012 / 20120206136 - FLUX-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT, FLUX-LOCKED LOOP METHOD, AND SQUID MEASURING APPARATUS | 9 |
| 33 | Kyung Ho Yoon | KR | Daejeon | Mar 17, 2011 / 20110064184 - UNIT SPACER GRID STRAP, UNIT SPACER GRID, AND SPACER GRID FOR NUCLEAR FUEL RODS | 9 |
| 34 | Hideyuki Hosokawa | JP | Hitachinaka | Nov 17, 2011 / 20110277304 - Method of Forming Ferrite Film on Structural Member Composing Plant | 9 |
| 35 | Yoichi Wada | JP | Hitachinaka | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120294404 - Nuclear Power Plant and Method of Operating It | 8 |
| 36 | John T. Groome | US | Corvallis, OR | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120294408 - PASSIVE EMERGENCY FEEDWATER SYSTEM | 8 |
| 37 | Kazushige Ishida | JP | Hitachi | Sep 08, 2011 / 20110216872 - Boiling Water Nuclear Plant and Steam Dryer | 8 |
| 38 | Dong Seok Oh | KR | Daejeon | Mar 15, 2012 / 20120063562 - DUAL-COOLED FUEL ROD'S SPACER GRIDS WITH UPPER AND LOWER CROSS-WAVY-SHAPE DIMPLE | 8 |
| 39 | Takeshi Mitsuyasu | JP | Hitachi | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130051509 - Initial Core of Nuclear Reactor and Method of Loading Fuel Assemblies of Nuclear Reactor | 8 |
| 40 | Christopher J. Monetta | US | Wilmington, NC | Mar 28, 2013 / 20130077725 - IRRADIATION TARGET ENCAPSULATION ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY | 7 |
| 41 | Motoo Aoyama | JP | Mito | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130051509 - Initial Core of Nuclear Reactor and Method of Loading Fuel Assemblies of Nuclear Reactor | 7 |
| 42 | Motohiro Aizawa | JP | Hitachi | Nov 03, 2011 / 20110268242 - Hydrogen and Oxygen Recombination Catalyst, Recombination Apparatus, and Nuclear Plant | 7 |
| 43 | Tae Hyun Chun | KR | Daejeon | Mar 15, 2012 / 20120063562 - DUAL-COOLED FUEL ROD'S SPACER GRIDS WITH UPPER AND LOWER CROSS-WAVY-SHAPE DIMPLE | 7 |
| 44 | Prashant M. Valanju | US | Austin, TX | Jul 14, 2011 / 20110170649 - MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT DEVICE WITH ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM-ALLOY MAGNETS | 7 |
| 45 | Tsugio Yokoyama | JP | Yokohama-Shi | Jul 19, 2012 / 20120183113 - REACTIVITY CONTROL ROD FOR CORE, CORE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR, NUCLEAR REACTOR AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT | 7 |
| 46 | Michael T. Kotschenreuther | US | Austin, TX | Jul 14, 2011 / 20110170649 - MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT DEVICE WITH ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM-ALLOY MAGNETS | 7 |
| 47 | Jose N. Reyes, Jr. | US | Corvallis, OR | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120294408 - PASSIVE EMERGENCY FEEDWATER SYSTEM | 7 |
| 48 | David P. Ketcham | US | Charlotte, NC | Mar 22, 2012 / 20120069947 - SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING A COMPONENT OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR | 7 |
| 49 | Swadesh M. Mahajan | US | Austin, TX | Jul 14, 2011 / 20110170649 - MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT DEVICE WITH ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM-ALLOY MAGNETS | 7 |
| 50 | Robin D. Sprague | US | Wilmington, NC | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120288053 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BWR JET PUMP INLET MIXER COMPLIANT STOP | 7 |
| 51 | Renzo Takeda | JP | Kawasaki | Jul 12, 2012 / 20120177169 - Core of Light Water Reactor and Fuel Assembly | 6 |
| 52 | Mats Dahlback | SE | Vasteras | Jan 19, 2012 / 20120014496 - FUEL ASSEMBLY | 6 |
| 53 | Kumiaki Moriya | JP | Hitachi | Jul 12, 2012 / 20120177169 - Core of Light Water Reactor and Fuel Assembly | 6 |
| 54 | Edward J. Lahoda | US | Pittsburgh, PA | Jan 05, 2012 / 20120002778 - TRIURANIUM DISILICIDE NUCLEAR FUEL COMPOSITION FOR USE IN LIGHT WATER REACTORS | 6 |
| 55 | Mihai G.m. Pop | US | Lynchburg, VA | Oct 18, 2012 / 20120263267 - ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION POTENTIAL DEVICE AND METHOD | 6 |
| 56 | John D. Malloy | US | Goode, VA | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120321030 - INTEGRATED EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEM CONDENSER FOR PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR | 6 |
| 57 | Ehud Greenspan | US | Emeryville, CA | May 12, 2011 / 20110110483 - Methods and systems for migrating fuel assemblies in a nuclear fission reactor | 6 |
| 58 | Motomasa Fuse | JP | Hitachinaka | Jul 21, 2011 / 20110176649 - Suppression Method of Radionuclide Deposition on Reactor Component of Nuclear Power Plant | 6 |
| 59 | Takashi Sato | JP | Kanagawa | May 17, 2012 / 20120121056 - REACTOR CONTAINMENT VESSEL AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT USING THE SAME | 6 |
| 60 | Junichi Miwa | JP | Mito | Jul 12, 2012 / 20120177169 - Core of Light Water Reactor and Fuel Assembly | 6 |
| 61 | Sture Helmersson | SE | Kolback | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130039454 - CONTROL ROD | 6 |
| 62 | Naoshi Usui | JP | Tsuchiura | Jul 21, 2011 / 20110176649 - Suppression Method of Radionuclide Deposition on Reactor Component of Nuclear Power Plant | 6 |
| 63 | Jon D. Mcwhirter | US | Kirkland, WA | Apr 12, 2012 / 20120087455 - Electromagnetic flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid | 5 |
| 64 | Norman Rostoker | US | Irvine, CA | Jul 28, 2011 / 20110182392 - STAGED Z-PINCH FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-FLUX NEUTRONS AND NET ENERGY | 5 |
| 65 | Toshiyuki Suzuki | JP | Tokyo | Oct 04, 2012 / 20120251931 - TRANSFER MASK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TRANSFER MASK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | 5 |
| 66 | Hisato Matsumiya | JP | Yokohama-Shi | Jul 19, 2012 / 20120183113 - REACTIVITY CONTROL ROD FOR CORE, CORE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR, NUCLEAR REACTOR AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT | 5 |
| 67 | Norman R. Singleton | US | Murrysville, PA | May 13, 2010 / 20100119030 - NUCLEAR REACTOR INTERNALS ALIGNMENT CONFIGURATION | 5 |
| 68 | Andrew K. Langston | US | Wilmington, NC | Apr 19, 2012 / 20120093274 - CHANNEL CONFINEMENT METHOD FOR DRY-STORAGE OF BWR FUEL BUNDLES | 5 |
| 69 | Masao Chaki | JP | Hitachi | Mar 15, 2012 / 20120063561 - FUEL ASSEMBLY | 5 |
| 70 | Carlton Wayne Clark | US | Wilmington, NC | Apr 19, 2012 / 20120093274 - CHANNEL CONFINEMENT METHOD FOR DRY-STORAGE OF BWR FUEL BUNDLES | 5 |
| 71 | Yoshihiko Ishii | JP | Hitachinaka | Aug 18, 2011 / 20110200155 - Nuclear Reactor System and Nuclear Reactor Control Method | 5 |
| 72 | Mathew W. Ales | US | Forest, VA | Feb 21, 2013 / 20130044850 - NUCLEAR REACTOR REFUELING METHODS AND APPARATUSES | 5 |
| 73 | Robert E. Schenter | US | Portland, OR | May 17, 2012 / 20120121053 - Very Large Enhancements of Thermal Neutron Fluxes Resulting in a Very Large Enhancement of the Production of Molybdenum-99 Including Spherical Vessels | 5 |
| 74 | Joon-Kyoo Park | KR | Daejeon | Jul 01, 2010 / 20100166134 - Top Nozzle Having On-Off Type Of Hold-Down Spring In Nuclear Fuel Assembly | 4 |
| 75 | Shiro Takahashi | JP | Hitachi | Aug 05, 2010 / 20100195782 - Temperature Detection Apparatus For Natural Circulation Boiling Water Reactor | 4 |
| 76 | Michael D. Heibel | US | Harrison City, PA | Jul 12, 2012 / 20120177167 - SELF-POWERED WIRELESS IN-CORE DETECTOR | 4 |
| 77 | Tyler S. Ellis | US | Bellevue, WA | Jul 07, 2011 / 20110164714 - Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods | 4 |
| 78 | Bruce J. Lentner | US | Wilmington, NC | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120288053 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BWR JET PUMP INLET MIXER COMPLIANT STOP | 4 |
| 79 | Charles B. Gilmore | US | Greensburg, PA | Jun 17, 2010 / 20100150298 - CORE SHROUD CORNER JOINTS | 4 |
| 80 | Atsushi Fushimi | JP | Hitachi | Aug 18, 2011 / 20110200155 - Nuclear Reactor System and Nuclear Reactor Control Method | 4 |
| 81 | Hirohide Oikawa | JP | Kanagawa | Jun 30, 2011 / 20110158371 - PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR PLANT | 4 |
| 82 | Edward G. Apple | US | Wilmington, NC | Sep 08, 2011 / 20110216871 - Channel-Lifting Tool and Method | 4 |
| 83 | Edward I. Moses | US | Livermore, CA | Mar 08, 2012 / 20120057665 - Three Wavelength Coupling for Fusion Capsule Hohlraums | 4 |
| 84 | David Smith | US | Leland, NC | Apr 09, 2009 / 20090092217 - METHOD TO SHIELD NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY WITH REMOVABLE DEBRIS SHIELD IN UPPER TIE PLATE | 4 |
| 85 | Jonatan Hejzlar | CZ | Cernosice | Jul 07, 2011 / 20110164714 - Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods | 4 |
| 86 | Nam-Gyu Park | KR | Daejeon | Nov 25, 2010 / 20100294350 - PHOTO-ELECTRODE COMPRISING CONDUCTIVE NON-METAL FILM, AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL COMPRISING THE SAME | 4 |
| 87 | Kazuya Ishii | JP | Hitachi | Feb 28, 2013 / 20130051509 - Initial Core of Nuclear Reactor and Method of Loading Fuel Assemblies of Nuclear Reactor | 4 |
| 88 | Koji Namba | JP | Mito | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120294407 - Nuclear Power Plant, Fuel Pool Water Cooling Facility and Method Thereof | 4 |
| 89 | Seiji Yamamoto | JP | Tokyo | Dec 06, 2012 / 20120309456 - SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE | 4 |
| 90 | Yuriy Aleshin | US | Columbia, SC | Oct 18, 2012 / 20120263271 - NUCLEAR FUEL | 4 |
| 91 | Gregory Piefer | US | Middleton, WI | Nov 29, 2012 / 20120300891 - METHODS OF SEPARATING MEDICAL ISOTOPES FROM URANIUM SOLUTIONS | 4 |
| 92 | Carlton Clark | US | Wilmington, NC | Apr 09, 2009 / 20090092217 - METHOD TO SHIELD NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY WITH REMOVABLE DEBRIS SHIELD IN UPPER TIE PLATE | 4 |
| 93 | Tetsushi Hino | JP | Hitachi | Mar 15, 2012 / 20120063561 - FUEL ASSEMBLY | 4 |
| 94 | Koji Fujimura | JP | Hitachinaka | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120294407 - Nuclear Power Plant, Fuel Pool Water Cooling Facility and Method Thereof | 4 |
| 95 | Wang Ki In | KR | Daejeon | Mar 17, 2011 / 20110064184 - UNIT SPACER GRID STRAP, UNIT SPACER GRID, AND SPACER GRID FOR NUCLEAR FUEL RODS | 4 |
| 96 | Robert C. Petroski | US | Cambridge, MA | May 12, 2011 / 20110110483 - Methods and systems for migrating fuel assemblies in a nuclear fission reactor | 4 |
| 97 | Satoshi Morisawa | JP | Hitachi | Dec 24, 2009 / 20090316852 - METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING DEPOSIT OF RADIONUCLIDE ONTO STRUCTURE MEMBER COMPOSING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND FERRITE FILM FORMATION APPARATUS | 4 |
| 98 | Lukas Trosman | US | Wilmington, NC | Oct 13, 2011 / 20110249785 - EXPOSURE BOOST ZONE FOR BOILING WATER REACTOR NUCLEAR BUNDLES | 4 |
| 99 | Luciano Cinotti | IT | Recco | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120275558 - PRESSURIZED-WATER-COOLED NUCLEAR REACTOR WITH COMPACT STEAM GENERATORS | 4 |
| 100 | Jin-Sun Kim | KR | Daejeon | Jul 01, 2010 / 20100166134 - Top Nozzle Having On-Off Type Of Hold-Down Spring In Nuclear Fuel Assembly | 4 |