ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,860, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Printed potentiometric sensors to measure ion concentration in soil" was invented by Payton Goodrich (Berkeley, Calif.), Ana Claudia Arias (Lafayette, Calif.), Carol Baumbauer (Berkeley, Calif.), Margaret E. Payne (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Anju Toor (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a reference electrode and an ion selective electrode (ISE). The reference electrode includes a reference electrode substrate, a reference electrode conductor formed via a printable c...