ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,397, issued on June 23, was assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Ill.).

"Coated electrode, electrochemical sensor and method for detection of hydrogen peroxide" was invented by Yingjie Zhang (Savoy, Ill.) and Fujia Zhao (Urbana, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical method for detecting hydrogen peroxide includes providing an electrochemical sensor comprising: a container holding an electrolyte; a coated electrode positioned in the container; and a counter electrode spaced apart from the coated electrode in the container, where the coated electrode includes a conductive substrate a...