ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,292, issued on May 20, was assigned to IpVenture Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for health condition related to the skin of a person" was invented by Thomas A. Howell (Palo Alto, Calif.), Angeline Hadiwidjaja (Los Altos, Calif.), Peter P. Tong (Mountain View, Calif.) and C. Douglass Thomas (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a sensor or sensing element is configured to measure a health condition of a user. In one embodiment, the sensing element includes two water-impermeable layers with conductive lines in between. The sensing element can be a disposable element, an element applicable f...