US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Dec. 30 for "Fluorescence enhancement films for luminescent imaging" (Minnesota, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,478, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Fluorescence enhancement films for luminescent imaging" was invented by Xuexue Guo (St. Paul, Minn.), Henrik B. van Lengerich (St. Paul, Minn.), Joshua M. Fishman (Saint Louis Park, Minn.), Karl K. Stensvad (Eagan, Minn.), Cedric Bedoya (Woodbury, Minn.), Caleb T. Nelson (McKinney, Texas), Kayla C. Niccum (Maplewood, Minn.), John A. Wheatley (Stillwater, Minn.), Jeffrey L. Solomon (Centerville, Minn.) and Johah Shaver (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Luminescent imaging films (100) for fluorescent enhancement and methods of making ...