Inventor · Wilmington, NC, US

Steven Barry Sutton

19Patents
7h-index
26Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 25, 1992 → Dec 18, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6347109B1 High average power scaleable thin-disk laser Electricity 36 Expired
US5936984A Laser rods with undoped, flanged end-caps for end-pumped laser applications Electricity 35 Expired
US5305345A Zigzag laser with reduced optical distortion Electricity 30 Expired
US7461038B2 Method and apparatus for evaluating robustness of proposed solution to constraint problem and considering robustness in developing a constraint problem solution Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US5526372A High energy bursts from a solid state laser operated in the heat capacity limited regime Electricity 14 Expired
US7200541B2 Method and arrangement for determining nuclear reactor core designs Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7672815B2 Method and apparatus for evaluating a proposed solution to a constraint problem Physics 8 Active
US7222061B2 Method and arrangement for developing rod patterns in nuclear reactors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7437276B2 Method and apparatus for evaluating a proposed solution to a constraint problem Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7337099B2 Method, arrangement and computer program for generating database of fuel bundle designs for nuclear reactors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7231333B2 Method and arrangement for developing core loading patterns in nuclear reactors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7941305B2 Method and apparatus for moving nuclear fuel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7409032B2 Method of fuel bundle consideration in a reactor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7366273B2 Method of determining margins to operating limits for nuclear reactor operation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7613272B2 Methods of using fuel bundle groups as evaluation constraints Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7636652B2 Method and apparatus for facilitating recovery of nuclear fuel from a fuel pool Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7266481B2 Method, arrangement and computer program for determining standardized rod types for nuclear reactors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7616727B2 Methods of editing fuel bundle groups Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7499840B2 Method and apparatus for creating and editing a nuclear reactor core loading template Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.