ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,575, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Radiation imaging apparatus" was invented by Junichiro Otaki (Hachioji, Japan), Masaki Suzuki (Hachioji, Japan) and Makoto Sumi (Tokorozawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation imaging apparatus that images a radiation image includes, a radiation detector that includes a substrate with flexibility and a semiconductor element that is formed on an imaged surface of the substrate; a battery that supplies power to the radiation imaging apparatus; and a case that includes a front surface portion facing the imaging surface of the radiation detector and a r...