ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,559, issued on March 31, was assigned to National Cheng Kung University (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Organic/inorganic composite structure, method for manufacturing the same and sensing device" was invented by Chia-Yun Chen (Tainan City, Taiwan), Jheng-Yi Li (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and Tsung-Yen Wu (Changhua County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An organic/inorganic composite structure includes a silicon substrate and a conductive polymer layer. The silicon substrate includes a plurality of microstructures disposed on a surface of the silicon substrate. The conductive polymer layer is disposed on the plurality of microstructures...