US Patent Issued to Consolidated Nuclear Security on Aug. 26 for "Passive chronometric tamper-indicating device and method" (Maryland, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,163, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC (Oak Ride, Tenn.).

"Passive chronometric tamper-indicating device and method" was invented by Vincent E. Lamberti (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Bruce W. Moran (Brookeville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tamper-indicating device, the tamper-indicating device including: an elongate structure; a penetrant chamber coupled to the elongate structure; and a physical barrier (or other release mechanism) disposed between the elongate structure and the penetrant chamber; wherein the penetrant chamber is adapted to contain a penetrant material that selectively diffuses in...