ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,932, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Willow Laboratories Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Methods of manufacturing electrochemical sensors" was invented by Massi Joe E. Kiani (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Hung The Vo (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Kevin Hughes Pauley (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Venkatramanan Krishnamani (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode system for an electrochemical sensor, such as a glucose sensor, is disclosed. The electrode system may include a working electrode, a reference electrode, and a counter electrode. The working electrode may comprise two layers of different metals, such as gold and platinum. ...