US Patent Issued to Corporation for National Research Initiatives on Feb. 10 for "Low-cost, high-performance and highly customizable micro-scale pressure and force sensor" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,670, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Corporation for National Research Initiatives (Reston, Va.).

"Low-cost, high-performance and highly customizable micro-scale pressure and force sensor" was invented by Michael A. Huff (Oakton, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure and force sensor and method of fabrication for the implementation of the sensor is presented that employs piezoresistive elements having high gauge factors. Example embodiments allow for the implementation of a pressure or force sensing device and method of fabrication that can be tailored to the requirements of a wide range of applications without incurring l...