ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,617, issued on July 1, was assigned to WELMADE TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Phoenix).

"Gas detection device with self protection functionality" was invented by Yi-Nan Kuo (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas detection device is provided, including: a first inlet channel, a second inlet channel, a detection module, a switch valve and a control module. The first inlet channel is configured to input a sample gas. The detection module is configured to obtain a detected concentration value of a detection target from the sample gas. The switch valve is switchable to communicate the detection module with the first inlet channel or the ...