ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,466, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to 7905122 CANADA INC. (Boucherville, Canada).
"Water-absorbing material and uses thereof" was invented by Paul Jollez (Sherbrooke, Canada), Isabelle Bolduc (Saint-Hubert, Canada), Stephane Chevigny (Boucherville, Canada) and Olivier Sigouin (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chromogenic absorbent material for detecting a detectable substance in a water-containing medium, such as animal urine, is provided. The detectable substance may be indicative of a disease or condition, and the water-containing medium may be an excretion, blood, plasma, an aqueous solution or a ...