ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,148, issued on March 3, was assigned to LUTUM TECHNOLOGY LLC (Hanover, N.H.).

"Hydrogen sulfide sensor and associated methods" was invented by Katherine Shelton (Lebanon, N.H.) and Joseph J. BelBruno (Hanover, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen sulfide sensor includes a substrate, a par of interdigitated electrodes disposed on the substrate, and a homogeneous polyaniline sensing film disposed on the pair of interdigitated electrodes and having electrical conductivity that depends upon a concentration of hydrogen sulfide. A method for detecting hydrogen sulfide includes for each sensor of a plurality of sensors: generating...