ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,736, issued on April 14, was assigned to MindMend Biotech LLC (Gaithersburg, Md.).

"Biomarker detection using layered receptor and electrode configuration" was invented by Mercedes Terry (Canyon, Texas), Blair Dupre (Gaithersburg, Md.), Abigail Tubbs (Gaithersburg, Md.), Kiley House (Rochester, Minn.) and Jude Shupe (Grand Forks, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Herein disclosed is configuring a layered receptor with at least one layer comprising graphene oxide and an biomarker binding layer configured to bind with a targeted biomarker, connecting a working electrode comprising carbon nanotubes (CNT) and a reference electrode to ...