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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Melvin Tecotzky, Mendham, NJ (US);
Paul Leblans, Berchem, BE;
Assignee:
AGFA-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ; C09K / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2504841 ; 2503272 ; 2523 / ; 2523 / ;
Abstract
A photostimulable X-ray energy absorbing halosilicate, halogermanate or halo(silicate-germanate) phosphor, characterized in that said phosphor contains as host metal at least one alkaline earth metal, as halogen at least one member selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br and I, as dopant Eu.sup.2+ and as co-dopant at least one member selected from the group consisting of niobium and tantalum.