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US2850642A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Nuclear spectroscopy without compton background

Assignee: California Research LLC
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Filing: 1954-10-07
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Granted: 1958-09-02
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Expires: 1974-10-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Delmar O Seevers

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 20:57
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01V; G01V5/00; G01V5/04; G01V5/08; G01V5/10; G01V5/101

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 151 words
WELL LOGGING APPARATUS FOR DECTING TRANSMITTING A SPECTUM OF GAMMA RAY ENERGIES TO A SURFACE RECORDING STYSTEM COMPRISING AT LEAST A PAIR OF SCINITILLATION CRYSTALS ADAPTED TO INTERACT WTH GRAMMA RAYS TO PRODUCE A TOTAL NUMBER OF LIGHT QUANTA PROPORTIONAL TO THE ENERGY EACH GAMMA RAY SURRENDERS IN ONE O F SAID CRYSTALS, ONE OF SAID CRYSTALS BEING PRIMARILY ADAPTED TO INTERACT WITH GAMMA RAYS BY THE COMPTON SCATTERING EFFECT AND ANOTHER OF SAID CRYSTALS BENG PRIMARLY RESPONSIVE TO A COMBINATION OF INTERACTIONS WITH GRAMMA RAYS INCLUDING COMPTON SCATTERING, PHOTOELECTRIC AND PAIR-PRODUCTION EFFECTS, MEANS FOR CONVERTING SAID TOTAL NUMBER OF LIGHT PHOTONS TO AN ELECTRCAL PULSE OF CORRESPONDING MAGNITUDE, SAID CONVERTING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR GENERATING AN ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE POSITIONABLE ON AN ELECTROSTATIC STORAGE SURFACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF SAID PULSE, MEANS FOR POSITIONING SAID ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE GENERATED BY INTERACTION IN ONE OF SAID CRYSTALS ON A FIRST PREDER-

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7.5 Years (Year 8) 1965-09-01 1966-03-03 1966-09-02 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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