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Daniel B. Nielson — 36 Patents

ATAlliant Techsystems: 13 patents #7 of 658Top 2%
CTCordant Technologies: 7 patents #2 of 75Top 3%
OAOrbital Atk: 5 patents #2 of 197Top 2%
NSNorthrop Grumman Innovation Systems: 4 patents #2 of 118Top 2%
THThiokol: 4 patents #26 of 275Top 10%
Northrop Grumman: 2 patents #871 of 1,695Top 55%
Tremonton, UT: #1 of 40 inventorsTop 3%
Utah: #357 of 19,430 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #92,222 of 4,157,543Top 3%
36 Patents All Time
Daniel B. Nielson has been granted 36 US patents while listed as an inventor at Alliant Techsystems. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in March 2024. Daniel B. Nielson ranks #92,222 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.2%). Patent records list Daniel B. Nielson in Tremonton, UT, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 36 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11920910 Compositions usable as flare compositions, countermeasure devices containing the flare compositions, and related methods Curtis W. Fielding 2024-03-05 $36,482,000
11014859 Compositions usable as flare compositions, countermeasure devices containing the flare compositions, and related methods Curtis W. Fielding 2021-05-25 $68,503,000
10647620 Consumable weight components for flares and related flares Jeffrey F. Widener 2020-05-12
10479738 Compositions usable as flare compositions Curtis W. Fielding 2019-11-19
10173944 Compositions usable as flare compositions, countermeasure devices containing the flare compositions, and related methods Curtis W. Fielding 2019-01-08
10155700 Consumable weight components for flares and methods of formation Jeffrey F. Widener 2018-12-18
9982981 Articles of ordnance including reactive material enhanced projectiles, and related methods Richard M. Truitt, Benjamin N. Ashcroft 2018-05-29 $44,822,000
9365465 Illumination compositions, illumination flares including the illumination compositions, and related methods Royce C. Duke, Curtis W. Fielding 2016-06-14 $30,225,000
RE45899 Low temperature, extrudable, high density reactive materials Richard M. Truitt, Nikki Rasmussen 2016-02-23
9194669 Flares with a consumable weight and methods of fabrication and use Jeffrey F. Widener 2015-11-24 $25,656,000
9103641 Reactive material enhanced projectiles and related methods Richard M. Truitt, Benjamin N. Ashcroft 2015-08-11 $14,706,000
8568541 Reactive material compositions and projectiles containing same Benjamin N. Ashcroft, Daniel W. Doll 2013-10-29 $6,746,000
8361258 Reactive compositions including metal Benjamin N. Ashcroft, Daniel W. Doll 2013-01-29 $5,590,000
8122833 Reactive material enhanced projectiles and related methods Richard M. Truitt, Benjamin N. Ashcroft 2012-02-28 $3,251,000
8075715 Reactive compositions including metal Benjamin N. Ashcroft, Daniel W. Doll 2011-12-13 $10,152,000
7977420 Reactive material compositions, shot shells including reactive materials, and a method of producing same Richard M. Truitt, Rochelle Diane Poore, Benjamin N. Ashcroft 2011-07-12 $12,148,000
7690308 Methods of fabricating and igniting flares including reactive foil and a combustible grain Richard L. Tanner, Carl Dilg 2010-04-06 $13,218,000
7614348 Weapons and weapon components incorporating reactive materials Richard M. Truitt, Benjamin N. Ashcroft, Paul C. Braithwaite, Michael Rose, Mark A. Cvetnic 2009-11-10 $19,093,000
7603951 Reactive material enhanced projectiles and related methods Michael Rose, Daniel W. Doll, James R. Hodgson, Robert K. Goodell, Randall T. Busky +1 more 2009-10-20 $16,210,000
7469640 Flares including reactive foil for igniting a combustible grain thereof and methods of fabricating and igniting such flares Richard L. Tanner, Carl Dilg 2008-12-30 $18,556,000
7307117 High strength reactive materials and methods of making Richard L. Tanner, Gary K. Lund 2007-12-11 $18,803,000
6962634 Low temperature, extrudable, high density reactive materials Richard M. Truitt, Nikki Rasmussen 2005-11-08 $9,947,000
6593410 High strength reactive materials Richard L. Tanner, Gary K. Lund 2003-07-15 $21,064,000
6432231 Extrudable black body decoy flare compositions Dean M. Lester 2002-08-13 $27,572,000
6312625 Extrudable black body decoy flare compositions and methods of use Dean M. Lester 2001-11-06