Mohammad Qadir Hussain

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Mohammad Qadir Hussain is a former employee of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission who has claimed that the process using by Pakistani Atomic Energy 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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Patent claim by Dr. Qadir

On May 23 1995 the United States Patent Office issued a patent titled '"Centrifuge process to separate the isotopes of uranium hexafluoride" to Dr. Qadir in which it was acknowledged by the Patent Office that method gives a complete separation of U-235 from U-238 with a purity of almost 100% in a single stage. Details of this patent can be seen at the web site of the Patent Office under patent number 5,417,944.

According to Dawn Wire Service, a leading Pakistani newspaper, in its 24 August 1995 issue, '"The government of Pakistan recently put Dr. Hussain on the exit control list 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 Trademark 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. It is not yet clear whether Dr. Hussain would be allowed to sell his invention to private consumers in the United States or abroad, since it relates to sensitive nuclear materials.

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.