ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,147, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CANATU FINLAND OY (Vantaa, Finland).

"Sensor for detection" was invented by Samuel Rantataro (Vantaa, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor for determining the presence of at least one target molecule in a sample is disclosed. The sensor includes a layer formed of high aspect ratio molecular structures (HARM-structures); and a blocking layer on the layer formed of HARM-structures, wherein the blocking layer is formed of a plurality of casein micelles, wherein: the casein micelles include primary amines, wherein at least part of the primary amines are functionalized with an amine-reactiv...