US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on Sept. 9 for "Photoconductive switch with diamond" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,387, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Photoconductive switch with diamond" was invented by Joseph Devin Schneider (Danville, Calif.), Lars F. Voss (Livermore, Calif.), Noah Patrick Allen (Oakland, Calif.), Caitlin Anne Chapin (Fremont, Calif.), Laura Leos (Livermore, Calif.), Alexander Peter Povilus (Livermore, Calif.), Sara Harrison (Livermore, Calif.) and John Berns Lancaster (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, methods and techniques related to photoconductive switches using diamond are disclosed. In one example aspect, a photoconductive appara...