Mohammad Qadir Hussain
Mohammad Qadir Hussain is a former employee of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission who has claimed that the process using by Pakistani Atomic Engergy Commission to enrich uranium, was developed by him during his stay at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, where he worked as a researcher in the field of enriching uranium. Pakistan is thought by some to be using the gas centrifuge method which is currently being used at its nuclear laboratories.
Patent claim by Dr. Qadir
On May 23rd 1995 the United States Patent Office has issued a patent titled " Centrifuge process to separate the isotopes of uranium hexafluoride" to Dr Qadir in which it was acknlowledged by Patent office that method gives a complete separation of U.sup.235 F.sub.6 with a purity of almost 100 percent in a single stage. Details of this Patent can be seen at the web site of the Patent Office under the Patent number 5,417,944.
According to Dawn Wire Service, a leading Pakistani Newspaper on his issue 24th August 1995 wrote "The government of Pakistan recently put Dr Hussain on the exit controllist and he is not allowed to travel abroad to pursue the patent he has been granted by the US Department Of commerce's patent and trade mark office. The grant of the patent to Dr Hussain means that his process was genuine and Pakistan is using the same process for the enrichment of uranium, Dr Hussain is due for a massive compensation, US legal experts say.". The Dawn wrote further that It may create an embarrassing situation for the PAEC as well as Abdul Qadeer Khan, if Dr Hussain could prove that his process was actually being used by Pakistani nuclear establishments. One issue which is not clear so far is whether Dr Hussain would be allowed to sell his invention to private consumers in the United States or abroad, since it relates to the nuclear subject which is very sensitive in the United States.
This patent (number 5,417,944) was offered for sale in 1997 *1, by a person identified as "Muhammad Q. Husain", residing at 37-A Elliot Place, Smithtown, NY.