ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,079, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SUN CHEMICAL Corp. (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Method of determining glucose concentration" was invented by Maura Mostowy-Gallagher (Carlstadt, N.J.), Mohammad S. Farahat (Carlstadt, N.J.) and Russell Schwartz (Parsippany, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a powdered or fibrous or granular or pelleted material, and a method for preparing the material, for measuring glucose concentration in a liquid sample. The devices are typically in the form of a chemically treated granular or powdered or fibrous or pelleted material. The granular or powdered or pelleted or fibrous m...