ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,346, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Auburn University (Auburn, Ala.).
"Methods and apparatuses for target molecule detection" was invented by Christopher J. Easley (Auburn, Ala.), Mark D. Holtan (Auburn, Ala.) and Subramaniam Somasundaram (Auburn, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of target molecule detection includes simultaneously obtaining a first signal from a first working electrode and a second signal from a second working electrode, wherein the first signal is responsive to interaction of the first recognition element with the target molecule in a sample, and the second signal is indicative of background noise fro...