ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,009, issued on July 28, was assigned to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

"Composite thermistor element" was invented by Peter Zalar (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Edsger Constant Pieter Smits (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite thermistor element is described. The element includes a sensor material that is disposed between a pair of electrodes. The sensor material includes particles in a dielectric matrix. Each of the particles have: a core having a temperature dependent resistance, and a cover layer of an inorganic material. The par...