ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,254, issued on July 28, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Integrated reference electrode and fluid dispenser" was invented by Chin-Hua Wen (Toufen Township, Taiwan) and Jui-Cheng Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus including an integrated reference electrode and a fluid dispenser is described. The reference electrode includes a body and a tip. The fluid dispenser at least partially surrounds the tip of the reference electrode and includes an inlet, a chamber, and an outlet. The fluid dispenser is configured to receive a fluid sample from the inlet to the cha...