ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,067, issued on June 17, was assigned to NEUBORON MEDTECH LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"Method for preparing 18 F-BPA and intermediate" was invented by Shi-hong Li (Jiangsu, China), Jing He (Jiangsu, China), Heng Yan (Jiangsu, China) and Fei Cai (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing 18F-BPA and an intermediate, by which high-purity 18F-BPA is obtained. The method simplifies the synthesis steps after 18F labeling, and is easy to operate and efficient."

The patent was filed on April 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/132,479.

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