US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Aug. 12 for "Device and method for in situ sampling of volatiles from surfaces" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,811, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Device and method for in situ sampling of volatiles from surfaces" was invented by Alexander Aksenov (La Jolla, Calif.), Pieter Dorrestein (La Jolla, Calif.) and Alexey Melnik (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sampling manifold and method of use for detecting volatile compounds on a surface, such as skin, comprising an adhesive base layer and mesh defining a pouch for insertion of a removable sorbent patch."

The patent was filed on Sept. 10, 2020, under Application No. 17/641,386.

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