US Patent Issued to Luxium Solutions on Nov. 11 for "Scintillation compound including a rare earth element and a process of forming the same" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,998, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Luxium Solutions LLC (Hiram, Ohio).

"Scintillation compound including a rare earth element and a process of forming the same" was invented by Samuel Blahuta (Besancon, France), Eric E. Mattmann (Paris), Damien Pauwels (Mandelieu, France) and Bruno Viana (Montgeron, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scintillation compound can include a rare earth silicate. The rare-earth silicate may be lutetium yttrium orthosilicate. The rare-earth silicate may be doped with Ce. The rare-earth silicate doped with Ce may include a rare-earth element in a tetravalent state at a concentration of at least app...