William E. Miller
42Patents
15h-index
40Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 30, 1977 → Feb 24, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.