ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,046, issued on July 8, was assigned to PercuSense Inc. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Analyte sensor" was invented by Rajiv Shah (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Bradley C Liang (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Katherine Wolfe (Dunwoody, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a sensor is disclosed that includes a first conductive substrate coupled to, and electrically isolated from, a second conductive substrate. The sensor includes a first electrode trace within the first conductive substrate with a plurality of first working electrode openings. The sensor also includes a second electrode trace within the first conductive substrate w...