US Patent Issued to Georgia State University Research Foundation on Dec. 9 for "Targeted protein contrast agents, methods of making, and uses thereof" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,268, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. (Atlanta).

"Targeted protein contrast agents, methods of making, and uses thereof" was invented by Jenny Jie Yang (Atlanta), Fan Pu (Atlanta), Shenghui Xue (Atlanta), Jingjuan Qiao (Atlanta), Shanshan Tan (Atlanta) and Mani Salarian (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are protein contrast agents and targeted protein contrast agents, formulations thereof, and methods of use, including but not limited to, as a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent."

The patent was filed on Aug. 11, 2022, under Application No. 17/819,180.

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