ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,128, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HORIBA Advanced Techno Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Peracetic acid concentration meter" was invented by Yoshihiko Kawaguchi (Kyoto, Japan) and Satoko Kai (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a peracetic acid concentration meter that inhibits contamination of a working electrode surface by organic material, and makes it possible to measure a peracetic acid concentration more accurately than is possible conventionally. The present invention is a diaphragm-type peracetic acid concentration meter that measures a peracetic acid concentration in a test solution and is characteriz...