ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,868, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas).

"Systems and methods for peel-off detection for low-power electronics" was invented by Russell Mirov (Los Altos, Calif.), Benjamin Krasnow (Redwood City, Calif.) and Brett Schleicher (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for peel-off detection for lower power electronics are disclosed. In one embodiment, a device includes: a housing; sensor electronics disposed within the housing; an electrode positioned to receive a charge and output a control signal upon removal of a material positioned proximate to the electrode; an electronic s...