ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,780, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to greenTEG AG (Ruemlang, Switzerland).

"Sensor unit for a portable computer system and integration of the sensor unit" was invented by Michele Zahner (Zurich, Switzerland), Thomas Helbling (Frauenfeld, Switzerland), Lukas Durrer (Ebnat-Kappel, Switzerland) and Etienne Schwyter (Zurich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor unit determines the core body temperature by means for measured values which can be determined outside the body on a surface. The unit has at least one heat flow sensor, and at least one temperature sensor, which allows optimized determination of the core body tem...