ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,775, issued on April 8, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).
"Wireless, optically-powered optoelectronic sensors" was invented by Alejandro J. Cortese (Ithaca, N.Y.), Alyosha C. Molnar (Ithaca, N.Y.), Paul L. McEuen (Newfield, N.Y.) and Sunwoo Lee (Ithaca, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed in this patent document can be used to construct devices with opto-electronic circuitry for sensing and identification applications, to provide untethered devices for deployment in living objects and other applications, and to provide fabrication techniques for making such devices for commercial production. ...