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Henry T. Sampson Jr. and the gamma-electric cell patent

Sampson's profile reads the gamma-electric cell as a nuclear/electrical systems record with George H. Miley preserved as co-inventor and solar-cell claims kept out.

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Sprint 6 priority 4 / not final rankStatus: source_reviewedSource grade: B+

Patent: 3591860: Gamma-Electric Cell
Issue date: 1971-07-06
Place: Urbana, Illinois
Record strength: Patent-record facts are attached with at least one public context source. CultureUp still separates patent proof from biography, adoption, commercialization, and identity claims.
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Sprint priority: 4 / not final rank
Cluster: Chemistry, medicine, and materials
Co-inventors: George H. Miley
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Why this record matters: The record gives CultureUp a careful route into gamma radiation, high-voltage output, detector/power-source context, and aerospace/nuclear systems without overstating market effects.

What the public record supports

U.S. Patent No. 3591860, published July 6, 1971.
George H. Miley as co-inventor.
Gamma-electric cell invention category.

What remains open

Aerospace and nuclear-systems context beyond the patent row.
Assignment and implementation records.
Market or field-adoption claims.

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The patent record

3591860 was issued on 1971-07-06 for Gamma-Electric Cell. The route preserves George H. Miley as co-inventor.

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advanced_science_candidateSprint priority 4Not public rankutility patenthigh

3591860: Gamma-Electric Cell

Henry T. Sampson Jr. / 1971-07-06

Sprint 6 advanced science record. The patent row preserves George H. Miley as co-inventor and does not convert the gamma-electric cell into a solar-cell claim.

Residence: Urbana, Illinois
Category: nuclear/electrical systems
Source status: high
Chronology handling: advanced_science_candidate
Cluster: Chemistry, medicine, and materials
Co-inventors: George H. Miley
Primary sources: 1 mapped

Source trail

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Nuclear, electrical, and aerospace systems

Sources for gamma-electric, aerospace, detector, life-detection, and federal research contexts with co-inventor and source-review controls.

patent text mirrorco-inventor nuclear/electrical patent record

US3591860A - Gamma-Electric Cell

Google Patents / 1971 patent record

Supports: Shows Henry T. Sampson Jr. and George H. Miley as inventors on a gamma-electric cell patent published July 6, 1971.
Limit: The patent record verifies invention data, co-inventor names, and issue date. It does not by itself prove solar-cell invention, energy-market effects, full biography, commercialization, public memory, economic benefit, or sole inventorship.
Last checked: 2026-06-09
Source URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US3591860A/en