US Patent Issued to President and Fellows of Harvard College on June 17 for "Volatile liquid analysis" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,165, issued on June 17, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Volatile liquid analysis" was invented by Ida Pavlichenko (Watertown, Mass.), Elijah Shirman (Arlington, Mass.), Soren Brandt (Somerville, Mass.), Timothy Sheung Bun Wong (Richmond Hill, Canada), Austin Tripp (North York, Canada) and Joanna Aizenberg (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for analyzing a volatile liquid mixture is described. The method includes providing a sensor, and placing the sensor within a chamber. The mixture is stored in the chamber for a duration sufficient to achieve a series of dynamic non-equilib...