US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology, The Regents of the University of California on Nov. 11 for "Targeting microbubbles" (California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,642, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.) and The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Targeting microbubbles" was invented by Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, Calif.), Marshall L. Stoller (San Francisco), Hoyong Chung (Pasadena, Calif.), Alissa M. Fitzgerald (San Francisco), Thomas W. Kenny (San Francisco) and Renee M. Thomas (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention related to manufactured microbubbles, as well as methods of using manufactured microbubbles, for example, in medicinal applications. The invention pertains to the physical...