ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,200, issued on June 16, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"System for reading pressure of a pressure sensor and method therefor" was invented by Andrew C. McNeil (Chandler, Ariz.), Chad Dawson (Queen Creek, Ariz.) and Matthew Wayne Muddiman (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for reading pressure may include reading, by a first device, an acceleration of a pressure sensor, wherein the pressure sensor is encapsulated in a medium, and wherein the acceleration alters a reading of the pressure sensor and reading, by a second device, a pressure reading from the pressure sensor. If an outpu...