ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,102, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HAWKEYE BIO Ltd. (Dublin), THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS (Lawrence, Kan.) and KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Manhattan, Kan.).

"Pristine graphene based biosensor for biomarker detection and related core particles, materials compositions methods and systems" was invented by Paul W. Dempsey (Los Angeles), Spencer Hantula (Long Beach, Calif.), Cristina-Mihaela Sandu Aparicio (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Stefan H. Bossmann (Kansas City, Mo.), Christopher M. Sorensen (Manhattan, Kan.), Obdulia Covarrubias-Zambrano (Lenexa, Kan.) and Jose Covarrubias (Manhattan, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "...