ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,202, issued on June 16, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Sensor module having an intermediate pedestal on which one or more die are mounted" was invented by Caleb C. Han (San Jose, Calif.), Tongbi T. Jiang (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Patrick E. O'Brien (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor module includes a container. The container has a closed wall extending between a first end of the container and a second end of the container. An exterior of the closed wall at least partly defines a seal-receiving channel. The seal-receiving channel extends around a circumference of the closed wall. The sensor m...