US Patent Issued to University of Delaware on Sept. 8 for "Carbon nanotube based sensor" (Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,618, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to University of Delaware (Newark, Del.).

"Carbon nanotube based sensor" was invented by Erik Thostenson (Newark, Del.) and Sagar Doshi (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon nanotube-based sensor comprises a fabric, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes coated on the fabric. The plurality of carbon nanotubes form a network in a plane of the fabric. At least two tap points are coupled to the plurality of carbon nanotubes coated on the fabric. A first of the plurality of tap points is separated from a second of the plurality of tap points, where the first and second tap points have a r...