ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,271, issued on May 13, was assigned to LIFE TECHNOLOGIES Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Chemical sensor with air via" was invented by James Li (Taipei, Taiwan), Jordan Owens (Austin, Texas) and James Bustillo (Castro Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a chemical sensor is described. The chemical sensor includes a chemically-sensitive field effect transistor including a floating gate conductor having an upper surface, a first opening extending through a first material and through a portion of a second material located on the first material and a second opening extending from the bottom of the first opening to...