US Patent Issued to Oxford University Innovation, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio De Mequita Filho"-UNESP on July 8 for "Peptide-comprising electrode" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,746, issued on July 8, was assigned to Oxford University Innovation Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain) and Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio De Mequita Filho"-UNESP (Sao Paulo).

"Peptide-comprising electrode" was invented by Eduardo Maffud Cilli (Araraquara, Brazil) and Paulo Roberto Bueno (Araraquara, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to an electrode suitable for use in electrochemical sensing of a target species. The electrode comprises a peptide monolayer of defined length and to one end of which are attached both a redox active species and a receptor that is capable of binding to the target specie...