ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,918, issued on March 31, was assigned to Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus (Ansan-si, South Korea).

"Capacitive gas sensor and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Yong Ho Choa (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Ji Young Park (Ansan-si, South Korea), Min Seob Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Hong Baek Cho (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Han Seung Lee (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a capacitive gas sensor. The capacitive gas sensor comprises a sensitive material for adsorbing and desorbing a target gas, an upper electrode surrounding the sensitive material, a lower e...