ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,491, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Two-dimensional resistance temperature detectors and related methods for determining average temperature over a surface" was invented by Kenneth R. Diller (Elgin, Texas), Sepideh Khoshnevis (Austin, Texas) and Laura Hemmen (Lakeway, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-dimensional resistance temperature detector for determining average temperature over a surface may include a continuous length of insulated wire having a first end and a second end. The insulated wire may be arranged to form a mesh structure with respective ...