US Patent Issued to Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety on June 30 for "Sensor system for passive in-vehicle breath alcohol estimation" (Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,124, issued on June 30, was assigned to Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety Inc. (Ashburn, Va.).

"Sensor system for passive in-vehicle breath alcohol estimation" was invented by Jonas Ljungblad (Stockholm) and Magnus Oberg (Sterling, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for passive breath alcohol detection, the method comprising: A) passively obtaining a first air sample from the air inside the interior of a vehicle; B) determining the concentration of (i) a tracer gas, and (ii) an analyte present in the first air sample; C) passively obtaining a second air sample from the air inside the interior of the vehicle; D) determi...