Inventor · Naperville, IL, US

William E. Miller

42Patents
15h-index
40Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 30, 1977 → Feb 24, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7221862B1 Control and method for operating an electric water heater Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 48 Expired
US4880506A Electrorefining process and apparatus for recovery of uranium and a mixture of uranium and plutonium from spent fuels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US5527173A Apparatus for producing plastic articles with inserts Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Expired
US4789917A MOS I/O protection using switched body circuit design Electricity 24 Expired
US7217402B1 Apparatus and method for making metal chloride salt product Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US4596647A Electrolysis cell for reprocessing plutonium reactor fuel Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US5531868A Advanced electrorefiner design Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US6720194B1 Semiconductor characterization and production information system Electricity 21 Expired
US5009752A Process and apparatus for recovery of fissionable materials from spent reactor fuel by anodic dissolution Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US5711019A Method for treating electrolyte to remove Li.sub.2 O Human Necessities 18 Expired
US5874485A Flexible foams and flexible molded foams based on allophanate-modified diphenylmethane diisocyanates and processes for the production of these foams Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US5131758A Method of remotely characterizing thermal properties of a sample Physics 16 Expired
US5650053A Electrorefining cell with parallel electrode/concentric cylinder cathode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US4855030A Dendrite inhibitor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US7011736B1 U+4 generation in HTER Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US6989124B2 Apparatus and method for removing a molded article from a mold Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US5356605A Recovery of UO.sub.2 /Pu O.sub.2 in IFR electrorefining process Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US5141723A Uranium chloride extraction of transuranium elements from LWR fuel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US4306004A Electrode for electrochemical cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5160367A Salt transport extraction of transuranium elements from lwr fuel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5788905A Method for producing molded articles having inserts incorporated therein Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US5348626A Electrolytic recovery of reactor metal fuel Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Expired
US5147616A Magnesium transport extraction of transuranium elements from LWR fuel Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6767444B1 Method for processing spent (TRU, Zr)N fuel Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired
US4087905A Method of preparing a powdered, electrically insulative separator for use in an electrochemical cell Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired

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