ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,617, issued on July 21, was assigned to BIOGRAPH SENSE INC. (Kitchener, Canada).
"Boron and nitrogen co-doped graphene oxide gels and uses thereof" was invented by Inna Novodchuk (Kitchener, Canada), Mustafa Yavuz (Waterloo, Canada) and Michal Bajcsy (Waterloo, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The gel made of graphene oxide co-doped with boron nitrogen can be functionalized with a receptor, can be passivated by a passivation agent, and can have particular expressions of bonds to favor charge carrier mobility. The gel can be used in the context of a sensor via the interaction between the receptor and an analyte to be detected."
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