US Patent Issued to SemiconBio on Dec. 23 for "Polycyclic aromatic bridges for molecular electronic sensors" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,396, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SemiconBio (San Diego).

"Polycyclic aromatic bridges for molecular electronic sensors" was invented by Barry Merriman (San Diego), Tim Geiser (San Diego), Paul W. Mola (San Diego) and Darryl Rideout (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, synthetic bridge molecules are disclosed, usable in molecular electronics sensors. In various aspects, bridge molecules comprise fused ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon structures in the shape of a long and narrow ribbon, with end groups on opposite short ends for selective binding to metal electrodes, one or more substituents near...