US 11,926,777 B2
Scintillation compound including a rare earth element and a process of forming the same
Samuel Blahuta, Besancon (FR); Eric E. Mattmann, Paris (FR); Damien Pauwels, Mandelieu (FR); and Bruno Viana, Montgeron (FR)
Assigned to LUXIUM SOLUTIONS, LLC, Hiram, OH (US)
Filed by LUXIUM SOLUTIONS, LLC, Hiram, OH (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/664,634.
Application 17/664,634 is a continuation of application No. 17/128,297, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, abandoned.
Application 17/128,297 is a continuation of application No. 15/833,774, filed on Dec. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,907,096, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Application 15/833,774 is a continuation of application No. 14/856,159, filed on Sep. 16, 2015, granted, now 9,868,900, issued on Jan. 16, 2018.
Application 14/856,159 is a continuation of application No. 13/885,966, abandoned, previously published as PCT/IB2011/003028, filed on Nov. 16, 2011.
Application 13/885,966 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/977,947, filed on Dec. 23, 2010, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/540,326, filed on Sep. 28, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/540,339, filed on Sep. 28, 2011.
Claims priority of application No. 1059394 (FR), filed on Nov. 16, 2010; application No. 1158466 (FR), filed on Sep. 22, 2011; and application No. 1158467 (FR), filed on Sep. 22, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290046 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C09K 11/77 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G01T 1/202 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 11/77742 (2021.01) [C09K 11/77744 (2021.01); C09K 11/7792 (2013.01); G01T 1/20185 (2020.05); G01T 1/2023 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
 
1. A scintillation compound comprising a cerium-doped rare-earth silicate, wherein the cerium-doped rare-earth silicate is a scintillation material, and wherein an absorbance of the scintillation material at a wavelength of 357 nm is less than an absorbance of the scintillation material at 280 nm.