ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,498, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method and system for determining the state of a sensor whose mechanical behaviour is nonlinear as a function of the amplitude of the pressure exerted" was invented by Ghislain Despesse (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining the state of at least one sensor whose mechanical behaviour is nonlinear as a function of the amplitude of the pressure exerted against the sensor, the sensor and an electromechanical transducer being able to be coupled to a support, the method comprising the steps of...