US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei Microdevices on April 21 for "Optical member and gas sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,555, issued on April 21, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical member and gas sensor" was invented by Yuta Takagi (Tokyo) and Kenta Furuta (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical member (30) includes a reflective structure (32) including a metallic thin film or an optical thin film, a metal body electrically disconnected from the reflective structure (32), and a support (31) integrally sealing and supporting the reflective structure (32) and the metal body. The reflective structure (32) is exposed from a first surface of the support (31). The metal body is exposed from the support (31) on a second...