ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,337, issued on March 24, was assigned to Biolinq Inc. (San Diego).

"Solid-state substrate-integrated reference electrode and counter electrode" was invented by Alan Campbell (San Diego), Jennifer Ruth Walters Fuchs (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Joshua Ray Windmiller (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects are directed to a reference electrode integrated on a surface of a substrate to facilitate functionalization of a working electrode. The reference electrode is used in the electrochemical deposition or electrodeposition of one or more functional layers on a working electrode. The working electrode may be a sensing element of an ...