US Patent Issued to Zeno Power Systems on March 18 for "Fuel fabrication process for radioisotope thermoelectric generators" (Virginia, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,997, issued on March 18, was assigned to Zeno Power Systems Inc. (Alexandria, Va.).

"Fuel fabrication process for radioisotope thermoelectric generators" was invented by Jacob Matthews (Alexandria, Va.), Christofer Erin Whiting (Washington Township, Ohio) and Chadwick Douglas Barklay (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a method for fabricating a heat source for a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). The method may include reducing a particle size in a strontium compound by powdering and sieving the strontium compound and/or dissolving the strontium compound into an aqueous solution; mixing the str...