ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,139, issued on July 1, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea) and IUCF HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Sweat sensor patch" was invented by Rhokyun Kwak (Seoul, South Korea), Jina Choi (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Sangha Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyunjung Yi (Seoul, South Korea) and Seongjin Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sweat sensor patch of the present disclosure is a sweat sensor patch attached to a skin of a user and used, and includes: an opening formed layer which has a first surface and a second surfac...