US Patent Issued on June 23 for "Analytical evaluation of aqueous liquid media with sample monitoring structure having size-sensitive fluorescent hydrogel" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,693, issued on June 23.

"Analytical evaluation of aqueous liquid media with sample monitoring structure having size-sensitive fluorescent hydrogel" was invented by Oscar-Werner Reif (Hannover, Germany), Michael W Olszowy (Erie, Colo.) and Jan Schwellenbach (Dransfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sample monitoring structure includes fluorescently-labeled hydrogel that is size-responsive to changes in one or more properties of aqueous liquid medium contacted with the sample monitoring structure. An intensity of a fluorescent emission from the sample monitoring structure changes with changes in the size of the fluorescently...