US Patent Issued to NANOTHETA on Nov. 25 for "Temperature-responsive fluorescent particles for detection of biomolecules" (Singaporean, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,943, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NANOTHETA INC. (Tokyo).

"Temperature-responsive fluorescent particles for detection of biomolecules" was invented by Shinji Takeoka (Tokyo), Keitaro Sou (Tokyo), Runkai Hu (Tokyo), Chi-Lik Ken Lee (Singapore) and Li Yan Chan (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a temperature-responsive fluorescent particle comprising at least one type of fluorescent molecule in a molecular assembly comprising and constituted by at least one type of amphiphilic molecule, wherein the fluorescent molecule emits fluorescence when the molecular assembly is in the liquid phase and it is quenched when...