US Patent Issued to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on July 29 for "Gadolinium-based compound, preparation method therefor, and MRI contrast agent containing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,271, issued on July 29, was assigned to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Busan, South Korea).

"Gadolinium-based compound, preparation method therefor, and MRI contrast agent containing same" was invented by Yong Min Chang (Daegu, South Korea) and Md Kamrul Islam (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel gadolinium-based compound having a structure in which a gadolinium complex and ferulic acid are linked via a linker, a preparation method therefor, and an MRI contrast agent containing same."

The patent was filed on Jan. 22, 2021, under Applicati...