The international patent application WO2021209891 “Magnetic Field Sensor” from the National Research Council passed the first selection of the “Intellectual Property Award 2021”.
The competition is promoted by the General Directorate for the protection of Industrial Property - Italian Patent and Trademark Office - of the Ministry of Economic Development in collaboration with Netval, and aims at encouraging innovation and technological progress and economic growth in Italy. The patent deals with a new MEMS magnetometer that can be manufactured with standard industrial processes, has high resolution, small size and low power consumption, designed for consumer electronics and applications in many sectors, such as automotive/drones. The patent has been inserted in the macro area “Future Mobility” and the inventors - F. Maspero, R. Bertacco, S. Cuccurullo, L. Pellegrino, D. Marré, N. Manca – are employees or associated members of the Cnr-Spin institute and Cnr-Ifn operating at PoliFAB, the micro and nanotechnology facility of Politecnico di Milano . This patent is part of the project OXINEMS that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°828784.
Further information:
https://www.cnr.it/en/news/10713/bando-intellectual-property-award-2021-selezionate-8-tecnologie-cnr
