ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,205, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Linseis Messgerate GmbH (Selb, Germany).

"Sensor, sensor system and method for detecting thermodynamic parameters of a sample, and use of the sensor or sensor system" was invented by Florian Linseis (Selb, Germany), Vincent Linseis (Selb, Germany) and Friedemann Volklein (Niedernhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sensor may have a support structure having at least one substrate and at least one self-supporting membrane. At least one heating element has at least one electrical conducting track arranged on a first surface of the membrane. At least one thermopile, and the electrical ...