ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,235, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Radiometric measuring device comprising a holding element and a scintillator arranged in the holding element" was invented by Christian Sum (Wolfach, Germany), Florian Osswald (Gutach, Germany) and Matthias Schmid (Schenkenzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a radiometric measuring device having a housing and a scintillator which is arranged in the housing, wherein one end of the scintillator is arranged in a holding element, wherein the holding element has a holding region for the end of the scintillator, wherein the hol...