US Patent Issued to NANOMADE LAB on May 20 for "Touch surface functionalized by a combined force and proximity sensor" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,054, issued on May 20, was assigned to NANOMADE LAB (Toulouse, France).

"Touch surface functionalized by a combined force and proximity sensor" was invented by Fabrice Severac (Toulouse, France) and Nicolas Dufopur (Vallegue, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a touch surface comprising: a carrier substrate (510, 610) comprising 2 opposite faces (511, 512) one (511) of the faces being exposed to touch; and comprising on the face (512) opposite the face (511) exposed to touch, a combined proximity and force sensor (300) comprising: an insulating substrate (210); -conductive tracks (221, 222) deposited on sa...