ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,048, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to I-PEX Inc. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Substance detecting system" was invented by Kenji Ogata (Ogori, Japan) and Shogo Kurogi (Ogori, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substance detecting system (1) includes a plurality of substrates (2). In each of the substrates (2), a plurality of through-holes (3) through which gas (G) flows is arranged. In each of the substrates (2), in at least one of the through-holes (3), a substance sensor (4) to detect a target substance contained in the gas (G) flowing through the through-hole (3) is installed. The substrates (2) are stacked in such a way that through-hol...