ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,392, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Triad National Security LLC (Los Alamos, Texas).

"Electroplated materials and array design for scintillators" was invented by Enkeleda Dervishi-Whetham (Los Alamos, N.M.), Randall Lynn Edwards (Los Alamos, N.M.), Michael Anthony McBride (Los Alamos, N.M.) and Daniel Edwin Hooks (Los Alamos, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide for scintillator grid array and a method of manufacturing the same. An example method includes preparing a plurality of substrates each comprising a first material, depositing a layer of a second material onto each of the plurality of substrates to prod...