Patents by Inventor Andrée Kahn-Harari

Andrée Kahn-Harari has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Ceramic scintillator body and scintillation device
    Patent number: 8872119
    Abstract: A scintillation device includes a free-standing ceramic scintillator body that includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material comprising a rare earth element, wherein the polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material is characterized substantially by a cation-deficient perovskite structure. A method of producing a free-standing ceramic scintillator body includes preparing a precursor solution including a rare earth element precursor, a hafnium precursor and an activator (Ac) precursor, obtaining a precipitate from the solution, and calcining the precipitate to obtain a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material including a rare earth hafnate doped with the activator and having a cation-deficient perovskite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne B. Hardy, Qiwei Chen, Xiaofeng Peng, Nathalie Petigny, Bruno Viana, Andrée Kahn-Harari
  • CERAMIC SCINTILATOR BODY AND SCINTILLATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120001074
    Abstract: A scintillation device includes a free-standing ceramic scintillator body that includes a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material comprising a rare earth element, wherein the polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material is characterized substantially by a cation-deficient perovskite structure. A method of producing a free-standing ceramic scintillator body includes preparing a precursor solution including a rare earth element precursor, a hafnium precursor and an activator (Ac) precursor, obtaining a precipitate from the solution, and calcining the precipitate to obtain a polycrystalline ceramic scintillating material including a rare earth hafnate doped with the activator and having a cation-deficient perovskite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne B. Hardy, Qiwei Chen, Xiaofeng Peng, Nathalie Petigny, Bruno Viana, Andrée Kahn-Harari