ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,799, issued on July 7, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Identification, quantitation and analysis of unique biomarkers in sweat" was invented by Sean W. Harshman (Fairborn, Ohio), Anthony V. Qualley (Washington Township, Ohio), Nicole M. Schaeublin (Beavercreek, Ohio), Jennifer A. Martin (Beavercreek, Ohio), Claude C. Grigsby (Xenia, Ohio) and Rhonda L. Pitsch (Springfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biomarker diagnostic system includes a sensor to collect a sweat sample from a biological subject; a processor operatively connected to the...