ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,311, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Oakland University (Rochester, Mich.).
"Selective real-time gas sensing" was invented by Xiangqun Zeng (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Yongan Tang (Huntley, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example of a selective, real-time gas sensing method, a gas sample, potentially including a specific gas molecule to be sensed, is supplied to an interface between a working electrode and an ionic liquid electrolyte. Based on at least one unique electrochemical reaction of the specific gas molecule to be sensed, a driving force is implemented to initiate a series of reactions involving the specific gas...