US Patent Issued to LUMIPHORE on Oct. 14 for "Macrocyclic ligands with pendant chelating moieties and complexes thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,584, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LUMIPHORE INC. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Macrocyclic ligands with pendant chelating moieties and complexes thereof" was invented by David Tatum (Berkeley, Calif.), Jide Xu (Richmond, Calif.), Darren Magda (San Leandro, Calif.) and Nathaniel Butlin (Shawnigan Lake, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to ligands and complexes of metal ions with the ligands useful in various applications, including therapeutic and diagnostic applications."

The patent was filed on April 8, 2024, under Application No. 18/629,717.

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