ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,957, issued on June 10, was assigned to InnoCare Optoelectronics Corp. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Sensing device and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Chih-Hao Wu (Tainan, Taiwan) and Jyun-Hao Syu (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a sensing device and a manufacturing method thereof. The sensing device includes a substrate, a first electrode and a sensing layer. The first electrode is disposed on the substrate. The sensing layer is disposed on the first electrode and has a first surface adjacent to the first electrode. The first electrode has a length smaller than that of the first surface. The manufactur...