G06F 3/0445
Using two or more layers of sensing electrodes
Official title: {using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer}
G06F3/0445 (Using two or more layers of sensing electrodes) appears on 6,210 US grants and 7,962 published applications in this corpus.
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