US Patent Issued to Nicoya Lifesciences on May 20 for "Self-referencing sensor for chemical detection" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,181, issued on May 20, was assigned to Nicoya Lifesciences Inc. (Kitchener, Canada).

"Self-referencing sensor for chemical detection" was invented by Ryan Cameron Denomme (Kitchener, Canada), John Alexander Gordon Dick (Kitchener, Canada) and Sarah Ann Leblanc (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a sensing apparatus comprising, at least one LSPR light source, at least one detector, and at least one sensor for LSPR detection of a target chemical. The sensor comprises a substantially transparent, porous membrane having nanoparticles immobilized on the surface of its pores, the nanoparticles being function...