ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,989, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Microelectromechanical sensor device with improved power consumption" was invented by Carmela Marchese (Milan) and Salvatore Poli (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectromechanical sensor device has a detection structure and an associated electronic circuitry; the electronic circuitry receives, when the microelectromechanical sensor device is powered, an external power supply voltage and is provided with a voltage regulator which generates a regulated voltage having a different value from the external power supply voltage and at lea...