US Patent Issued to Roche Sequencing Solutions on July 29 for "Use of titanium nitride as an electrode in non-faradaic electrochemical cell" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,745, issued on July 29, was assigned to Roche Sequencing Solutions Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Use of titanium nitride as an electrode in non-faradaic electrochemical cell" was invented by John Foster (Mountain View, Calif.) and Jason Komadina (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanopore cell includes a conductive layer. The nanopore cell further includes a titanium nitride (TiN) working electrode disposed above the conductive layer. The nanopore cell further includes insulating walls disposed above the TiN working electrode, wherein the insulating walls and the TiN working electrode form a well into which an electrolyt...