ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,396, issued on June 9, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan) and National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Toyohashi, Japan).

"Gas measuring device" was invented by Manase Mizutani (Nagoya, Japan), Yoshihisa Suzuki (Nagoya, Japan), Toshihiko Noda (Toyohashi, Japan) and Kazuaki Sawada (Toyohashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas measuring device includes: a filter to which a power supply that applies a voltage or current is connected, which generates resistance heat, and which combusts a predetermined combustible gas in contact therewith; and a gas sensor configured to detect the combustibl...