ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,593, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (LIST) (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg).
"Apparatus and method for high-performance charged particle detection" was invented by Hung Quang Hoang (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), Tom Wirtz (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), Rathaiah Pureti (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) and Olivier Bouton (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection apparatus and method for detecting charged particles. The device relies on a detection assembly comprising microchannel plates. The useful surface of the microchannel plate device is maximized in ti...