ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,303, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SIGMASENSE LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Panel detection discrimination for extended sensor panels" was invented by Kevin Joseph Derichs (Buda, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch sensor device includes a first panel, a second panel, and a drive-sense circuit (DSC). The first panel that includes first electrodes arranged in a first direction and second electrodes arranged in a second direction. The second panel includes third electrodes arranged in a third direction and fourth electrodes arranged in a fourth direction. The DSC is operably coupled via a single line to a coupling of a first elec...