US Patent Issued to Bundesrepublik Deutschland, vertreten durch den Bundesminister fur Wirtschaft und Energie, dieser vertreten durch den Prasidenten der Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und -prufung, (BAM) on April 21 for "Molecularly imprinted fluorescent polymers for direct detection of glyphosate, its degradation products, and metabolites" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,695, issued on April 21, was assigned to Bundesrepublik Deutschland, vertreten durch den Bundesminister fur Wirtschaft und Energie, dieser vertreten durch den Prasidenten der Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und -prufung, (BAM) (Berlin).

"Molecularly imprinted fluorescent polymers for direct detection of glyphosate, its degradation products, and metabolites" was invented by Martha Wamaitha Kimani (Berlin), Kornelia Gawlitza (Berlin), Knut Rurack (Berlin), Virginia Valderrey Berciano (Berlin) and Victor Perez Padilla (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layer structure having a solid substrate having a surface, the surface car...