ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,014, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Flexible pressure sensor" was invented by Hanbit Jin (Daejeon, South Korea), Steve Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Hye Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seyoung Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Gyeongsuk Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Wooseup Youm (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a flexible pressure sensor. The flexible pressure includes: a lower structure; and an upper structure on the lower structure, wherein the low...