ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,029, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd. (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

"Apparatus and method for operating electronics while protecting from radiation" was invented by Yoav Simhony (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Erez Etzion (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Ofer Amrani (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for protection of electronics in a radiation-prone environment from incoming particles that may cause damage, comprises one or more radiation-detecting layers extending at least partially over one or more sides of a radiation-sensitive electronic device that needs protection, the radiation-detecting layer bein...