ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,408, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington).

"Method for manufacturing sensors on multi- functional sensor platform" was invented by Mahmooda Sultana (Laurel, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of fabricating a multi-functional platform including at least one gas sensor. The method comprises the steps of providing a printed circuit board (PCB) including a chip integrated on the PCB, and providing a picoliter dispenser having a moveable dispenser head with a nozzle. Then, a gas sensor base layer is formed by depositing a nanostructure directly on a ...