ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,929, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Glasgow Strathclyde, Great Britain).

"Chemical computer" was invented by Leroy Cronin (Glasgow Strathclyde, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a chemical computer having a matrix, an input device and an analytical device. The matrix is a plurality of interconnected reaction spaces holding a reaction mixture; the input device is provided to independently address each of a plurality of reaction spaces within the matrix; and the analytical device has a sensor to analyse a reaction characteristic of a reaction mixtu...