ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,058, issued on April 1, was assigned to LYTEN INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Sensors incorporated into adhesive material" was invented by Daniel Jardine (Santa Clara, Calif.), Michael Stowell (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Daniel Cook (Woodside, Calif.) and Carlos Montalvo (Cambria, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed apparatus includes sensors incorporated into adhesive material. In use, an apparatus may comprise an adhesive material and at least one split-ring resonator (SRR) disposed on or in the adhesive material. Additionally, the at least one SRR is formed from a carbon-containing material, and the adhesive material is a non-ela...