ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,157, issued on May 13, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"18 F-labeled peptide ligands useful in PET and Cerenkov luminescene imaging" was invented by John W. Babich (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is directed to compounds, intermediates thereof, compositions thereof, medicaments thereof, and methods related to the imaging of mammalian tissue via 18F-labeled peptide ligands disclosed herein."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2018, under Application No. 16/772,706.

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