ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,680, issued on July 1, was assigned to InnoSense Corp. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Modular chemiresistive sensor for real-time ethylene monitoring" was invented by Anamika Ray (Torrance, Calif.), Yifan Tang (Torrance, Calif.), Tobin Gomez (Lakewood, Calif.), Jeffrey Paul (Torrance, Calif.), Mohammad Mushfiq (Los Angeles), Maksudul Alam (Glendora, Calif.) and Uma Sampathkumaran (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for sensing the presence and concentration of ethylene in a gas stream includes an ethylene sensor, an ethylene scrubber, a CO2 scrubber, gas flow control valves, a pump, and electrical components to receive and...