US Patent Issued to ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA Ltd./ENERGIE ATOMIQUE DU CANADA on July 7 for "Method and apparatus for detecting alpha particles in a sample containing sample media and water" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,756, issued on July 7, was assigned to ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA Ltd./ENERGIE ATOMIQUE DU CANADA LIMITEE.

"Method and apparatus for detecting alpha particles in a sample containing sample media and water" was invented by Nicholas Simpson (Chalk River, Canada), Emily Li (Chalk River, Canada), Tim Harris (Chalk River, Canada), Daniel Cadieux (Chalk River, Canada), Shuwei Yue (Chalk River, Canada), Guy Leblond (Chalk River, Canada), Liqian Li (Chalk River, Canada), Ghaouti Bentoumi (Chalk River, Canada) and Stephen Cudmore (Chalk River, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting alpha particles may include providing a laye...