US Patent Issued to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on Nov. 11 for "Gadolinium-based compound, method for producing same, and MRI contrast agent containing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,843, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Busan, South Korea).

"Gadolinium-based compound, method for producing same, and MRI contrast agent containing same" was invented by Yong Min Chang (Daegu, South Korea) and So Yeon Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a gadolinium-based compound of a Chemical Formula 1, a method for producing the same, and an MRI contrast agent containing the same. [Chemical Formula 1] [structural formula] In chemical formula 1, A and Linker represent linking groups, and RB represents a Rose...