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Kevan D. Weaver — 24 Patents

TETerrapower: 16 patents #18 of 103Top 20%
TIThe Invention Science Fund I: 8 patents #76 of 149Top 55%
Redmond, WA: #445 of 8,547 inventorsTop 6%
Washington: #3,621 of 76,902 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #168,038 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24 Patents All Time
Kevan D. Weaver has been granted 24 US patents while listed as an inventor at Terrapower. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in October 2022. Kevan D. Weaver ranks #168,038 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.0%). Patent records list Kevan D. Weaver in Redmond, WA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2013.peak 62013: 6 patents20132014: 4 patents20142015: 4 patents20152016: 4 patents20162017: 5 patents20172022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–24 of 24 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11482344 Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods Charles E. Ahlfeld, Thomas M. Burke, Tyler S. Ellis, John Rogers Gilleland, Jonatan Hejzlar +12 more 2022-10-25
9852818 Systems and methods for controlling reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor Charles E. Ahlfeld, Ehud Greenspan, Roderick A. Hyde, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Joshua C. Walter +3 more 2017-12-26
9793013 Systems and methods for controlling reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor Charles E. Ahlfeld, Ehud Greenspan, Roderick A. Hyde, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Robert R. Richardson +4 more 2017-10-17
9721677 Nuclear fission reactor, a vented nuclear fission fuel module, methods therefor, and a vented nuclear fission fuel module system Charles E. Ahlfeld, Pavel Hejzlar, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, David G. McAlees +9 more 2017-08-01
9677147 System and method for annealing nuclear fission reactor materials Charles E. Ahlfeld, John Rogers Gilleland, Roderick A. Hyde, David G. McAlees, Jon D. McWhirter +6 more 2017-06-13
9653187 Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods Charles E. Ahlfeld, Thomas M. Burke, Tyler S. Ellis, John Rogers Gilleland, Jonatan Hejzlar +12 more 2017-05-16
9401228 Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods Charles E. Ahlfeld, Thomas M. Burke, Tyler S. Ellis, John Rogers Gilleland, Jonatan Hejzlar +12 more 2016-07-26
9362010 Passive reactivity control apparatus Jesse R. Cheatham, III, Robert A. Corbin, Michael E. Garrett, John Rogers Gilleland, Pavel Hejzlar +9 more 2016-06-07
9269462 Nuclear fission reactor, a vented nuclear fission fuel module, methods therefor and a vented nuclear fission fuel module system Charles E. Ahlfeld, Pavel Hejzlar, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, David G. McAlees +9 more 2016-02-23
9236150 Standing wave nuclear fission reactor and methods Charles E. Ahlfeld, Thomas M. Burke, Tyler S. Ellis, John Rogers Gilleland, Jonatan Hejzlar +12 more 2016-01-12
9190177 Systems and methods for controlling reactivity in a nuclear fission reactor Charles E. Ahlfeld, Ehud Greenspan, Roderick A. Hyde, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Joshua C. Walter +3 more 2015-11-17
9011613 System and method for annealing nuclear fission reactor materials Charles E. Ahlfeld, John Rogers Gilleland, Roderick A. Hyde, David G. McAlees, Jon D. McWhirter +6 more 2015-04-21
9008257 Electromagnetic flow regulator, system and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jon D. McWhirter, Ashok Odedra, Joshua C. Walter +1 more 2015-04-14
8929505 Nuclear fission reactor, vented nuclear fission fuel module, methods therefor and a vented nuclear fission fuel module system Charles E. Ahlfeld, Pavel Hejzlar, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, David G. McAlees +9 more 2015-01-06
8784726 System and method for annealing nuclear fission reactor materials Charles E. Ahlfeld, John Rogers Gilleland, Roderick A. Hyde, David G. McAlees, Jon D. McWhirter +6 more 2014-07-22
8781056 Electromagnetic flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jon D. McWhirter, Ashok Odedra, Joshua C. Walter +1 more 2014-07-15
8721810 System and method for annealing nuclear fission reactor materials Charles E. Ahlfeld, John Rogers Gilleland, Roderick A. Hyde, David G. McAlees, Jon D. McWhirter +6 more 2014-05-13
8712005 Nuclear fission reactor, a vented nuclear fission fuel module, methods therefor and a vented nuclear fission fuel module system Charles E. Ahlfeld, Pavel Hejzlar, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, David G. McAlees +9 more 2014-04-29
8584692 Electromagnetic flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jon D. McWhirter, Ashok Odedra, Joshua C. Walter +1 more 2013-11-19
8529713 System and method for annealing nuclear fission reactor materials Charles E. Ahlfeld, John Rogers Gilleland, Roderick A. Hyde, David G. McAlees, Jon D. McWhirter +6 more 2013-09-10
8488734 Nuclear fission reactor, a vented nuclear fission fuel module, methods therefor and a vented nuclear fission fuel module system Charles E. Ahlfeld, Pavel Hejzlar, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, David G. McAlees +9 more 2013-07-16
8453330 Electromagnet flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jon D. McWhirter, Ashok Odedra, Joshua C. Walter +1 more 2013-06-04
8430129 Electromagnetic flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jon D. McWhirter, Ashok Odedra, Joshua C. Walter +1 more 2013-04-30
8397760 Electromagnetic flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Jon D. McWhirter, Ashok Odedra, Joshua C. Walter +1 more 2013-03-19