ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,723, issued on July 8, was assigned to Lyten Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Biofunctionalized three-dimensional (3D) graphene-based field-effect transistor (FET) sensor" was invented by Sung H. Lim (Mountain View, Calif.), Eric Lewis Danielson (Santa Clara, Calif.), Maurizio Tarsia (San Carlos, Calif.) and Gary Robert Larsen (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biological field-effect transistor (BioFET) includes source and drain regions formed in a substrate, an insulating layer disposed on a surface of the substrate, a gate disposed on the insulating layer and extending between the source and drain regions, a well region co...