ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,069, issued on July 14, was assigned to University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Md.).

"Integrated capsule system for real-time bioprocess monitoring and method of using the same" was invented by Justin Stine (Hyattsville, Md.), Luke Beardslee (Cambridge, Mass.), Reza Ghodssi (Potomac, Md.) and William E. Bentley (Annapolis, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for monitoring a bioprocess parameter. The apparatus includes: a housing; a bioprocess sensor attached to an outer surface of the housing; a power supply contained within the housing; and an electronics module contained within the housing and in communica...