ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,275, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corp. (Tokyo).

"Gas sensor and sensing method" was invented by Yuta Takagi (Tokyo) and Naoya Ugomori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a gas sensor that senses gas to be sensed, comprising a light emitting unit that radiates light; a first light receiving unit that receive at least a part of the light that passed through the gas to be sensed, and outputs a first light reception signal according to a light reception result; a second light receiving unit that receives at least a part of the light that did not pass through the gas to be sensed, and outputs a ...