ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,004, issued on June 30, was assigned to Battelle Energy Alliance LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) and WALSH Engineering Services PC (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

"Microreactor with control neutron absorber assembly including a control neutron absorber rod" was invented by Travis L. Lange (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Yasir Arafat (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Benjamin A. Baker (Ammon, Idaho), Stanley Blaine Grover (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Jeffrey Donald Jones (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Lucas Avery Andrew (Idaho Falls, Idaho), Mathew Ryan Floyd (Pocatello, Idaho), Kyle Bruce Francis (Idaho Falls, Idaho) and Tarrin Scott Funderburg (Idaho Falls, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark O...