US Patent Issued to University of Washington, Lawrence Livermore National Security on April 21 for "Plasma confinement system with outer electrode having liquifiable material and methods for use" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,447, issued on April 21, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle) and Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Plasma confinement system with outer electrode having liquifiable material and methods for use" was invented by Uri Shumlak (Seattle), Harry S. McLean (Seattle) and Brian A. Nelson (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example plasma confinement system includes an inner electrode having a rounded first end that is disposed on a longitudinal axis of the plasma confinement system and an outer electrode that at least partially surrounds the inner electrode. The outer electrode includes a so...