ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,462, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo) and TOHOKU UNIVERSITY (Miyagi, Japan).

"Electrochemical detection method for catalytic reaction product, electrochemical detection apparatus and transducer" was invented by Ryota Kunikata (Tokyo), Atsushi Suda (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Hayashi (Tokyo), Kosuke Ino (Miyagi, Japan) and Tomokazu Matsue (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of electrochemically detecting a catalytic reaction product by confining the catalytic reaction product within a first lump of liquid and by using a working electrode disposed in the first lump of liquid a...