US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Jan. 20 for "Soil gas-flux measurement system" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,686, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Soil gas-flux measurement system" was invented by Bhuvana Krishnaswamy (Madison, Wis.), Jinyi Huang (Madison, Wis.), Francisco Arriaga (Cross Plains, Wis.), Christian Martinez (Genoa City, Wis.), Hendri Yuda Winanto (Madison, Wis.) and Adam Nygard (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-cost soil gas-flux monitor provides localized sensors eliminating the need for a tethered analysis unit and permitting flexible sensor locations enabled by wireless and conduit-less interconnectivity. A housing form factor permits a low-power doo...