US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Silicone-based dyes with short wavelength infrared absorption and emission and methods for making and using the same" (Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,238, issued on Sept. 9.

"Silicone-based dyes with short wavelength infrared absorption and emission and methods for making and using the same" was invented by Jared Heath Delcamp (Oxford, Miss.), David Ndaleh Dodah Nghombui (Oxford, Miss.) and William Edward Meador (Oxford, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are new silicone-based compounds that have short wavelength infrared (SWIR) absorption and emission. The silicone-based compounds are readily accessible and obtainable on large scale with high purity through simple purification procedures. In one aspect, the silicone-based compounds have an absorption extendin...