US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on Nov. 18 for "Submersible environmental sensor incorporating anti-fouling means" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,305, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Submersible environmental sensor incorporating anti-fouling means" was invented by Fabrice Casset (Grenoble, France) and Thomas Alava (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a submersible environmental sensor, the sensor including a support having a face which includes a sensitive zone configured to receive at least one species of interest (SOI), anti-fouling means configured to cause at least the sensitive zone to vibrate, and detection means for detecting a presence of the SOI on the sen...