ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,309, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ETH ZURICH (Zurich).

"In-situ controlled dissolution of metals using electrochemistry" was invented by Janos Voros (Zurich), Alexander Tanno (Thalwil, Switzerland), Raphael Tiefenauer (Zurich, Switzerland) and Yves Blickenstorfer (Thalwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for electrochemically controlled degradation of metals particles using halide biochemistry allowing in-situ control and being suitable for analyte detection and quantification."

The patent was filed on Aug. 27, 2021, under Application No. 18/042,826.

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