ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,303, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to xMEMS Labs Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Air quality sensing module in handheld device and air pump" was invented by Jengyaw Jiang (Saratoga, Calif.), Jye Ren (Taipei, Taiwan), Eldwin Jiaqiang Ng (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jemm Yue Liang (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Martin George Lim (Hillsborough, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air quality sensing module includes a chamber, an air quality sensor and an air pump. The air quality sensing module is disposed or to be disposed within a handheld device. The air pump produces an airflow toward or away from the chamber, for the air quality sensor to per...