ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,305, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Fluid sensor for detecting a target fluids" was invented by Thomas Grille (Notsch im Gailtal, Austria), Gerald Stocker (Goritschach, Austria), Thomas Krotscheck Ostermann (Oberwinklern, Austria), Pooja Thakkar (Villach, Austria), David Tumpold (Kirchheim beim Munchen, Germany) and Reyhaneh Jannesari (Plesching, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid sensor detects a target fluid and comprises thermal radiation emitters emitting a broadband thermal radiation, a waveguide structure guiding the thermal radiation comprising an evanescent field c...