ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,088, issued on April 7, was assigned to Merck Patent GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Electrochemical probe" was invented by Albrecht Lepple-Wienhues (Les Charbonieres, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel type of electrochemical probe comprising a reference electrode array, each reference electrode comprising a conductor element. The set-up allows for internal calibration as well as being adapted to long storage in dry state. Individual conductive elements of the electrode array do not start to shift/drift, simultaneously but that it is rather individual conductive elements that show deviating behavior. Relatively simple stat...