ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,391, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Chemelex Europe GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Ruggedized sensor for detecting organic liquids" was invented by Wesley Dong (Belmont, Calif.), Jennifer Robison (Kelowna, Canada), Emmi Ngo (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Peter Wijeratne (San Carlos, Calif.) and Johnny Lam (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An organic liquid sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to the presence of one or more organic liquids is provided. The sensor includes a circuit board, a sensor film deposited on the circuit board, the sensor film including a first length, a second length, and a bridge...