US Patent Issued to Blue Laser Fusion on Nov. 18 for "Reduced neutron emission target for fusion energy generation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,014, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Blue Laser Fusion Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Reduced neutron emission target for fusion energy generation" was invented by Atsushi Sunahara (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Shuji Nakamura (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel target device for an inertial confinement fusion process. The device comprises a center region is comprising a first fuel layer of deuterium-tritium-lithium ((DT)(1-x)Lix, 0greater thanxgreater than0.5) fuel characterized by a higher or equal ignition temperature in comparison with a lowest ignition temperature of deuterium-tritium (DT). The device comprises a se...