ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,960, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Resin/phosphor composite scintillator, and scintillator array" was invented by Takeshi Kuriwada (Tokyo), Takeshi Oomori (Tokyo) and Tomoyuki Kurushima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention addresses the problem of providing a scintillator which has excellent impact resistance and favorable workability and moldability. The problem is solved by a resin-phosphor composite scintillator which contains a resin and a phosphor and is capable of converting irradiated radiation into visible light. In this composite scintillator, a brightness reten...