US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION on Feb. 10 for "Method and apparatus for detecting acidity of airborne particles" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,694, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Method and apparatus for detecting acidity of airborne particles" was invented by Myoseon Jang (Gainesville, Fla.) and Zechen Yu (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for detecting a composition of airborne particles. The method includes directing, with a pump, gas including particulate matter through a filter including an indicator dye. The method further includes causing a color change in the filter based on the particulate matter binding to the indicator dye. The method further includes tran...