ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,629, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TECNOSENS S.R.L. (Rome).

"Nano- and/or micro-structured printed electrodes" was invented by Fabiana Arduini (Rome), Daniela Neagu (Rome), Maria Rita Tomei (Rome), Antonio Boccella (Rome) and Danila Moscone (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to new electrochemical probes for the measure of an analyte selected from the group consisting of: free chlorine, chlorine dioxide, total chlorine and peracetic acid; characterized in that said probe includes at least a printed electrode nano- or micro-structured with a nano- or micromaterial selected from the group consisting...