ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,848, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (SHANDONG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES) (Jinan, China).

"Crack sensor, preparation method therefor, and application thereof in micro-force measurement" was invented by Li Wang (Jinan, China), Xingyuan Xu (Jinan, China), Jun Chen (Jinan, China), Weiguang Su (Jinan, China), Anqing Li (Jinan, China), Zhaoqiang Chen (Jinan, China) and Chonghai Xu (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crack sensor, comprising a flexible film, wherein a first side of the flexible film is provided with a plurality of linear protrusions, and an opposite second side of the flexible film is ...