US Patent Issued to Direct Kinetic Solutions on April 21 for "Tritium uptake and storage via metal-organic frameworks (MOFS) for betavoltaic power sources" (Maryland, Tennessee, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,212, issued on April 21, was assigned to Direct Kinetic Solutions Inc. (El Paso, Texas).

"Tritium uptake and storage via metal-organic frameworks (MOFS) for betavoltaic power sources" was invented by Brenda Ann Smith (Knoxville, Tenn.), John A. Russo Jr. (Mount Airy, Md.) and William Ray II (Lubbock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a radioisotopic power source, including receiving a predetermined amount of a plurality of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) particles within a reactor vessel, degassing the received predetermined amount of the MOF. The degassing includes placing the predetermined amount of the MOF und...