US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology, The Regents of the University of California on July 29 for "Heteroaromatic silicon-fluoride-acceptors useful for 18 F labeling of molecules and biomolecules, and methods of preparing same" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,445, issued on July 29, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.) and The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Heteroaromatic silicon-fluoride-acceptors useful for 18 F labeling of molecules and biomolecules, and methods of preparing same" was invented by Christopher Martin Waldmann (Santa Monica, Calif.), Anton A. Toutov (Magnolia, Texas), Jennifer Marie Murphy (Los Angeles) and Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure sets forth novel compounds and compositions including heteroaromatic silicon-fluoride-acceptors, which are usefu...