ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,732, issued on June 3, was assigned to POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation (Pohang-si, South Korea), SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (Seoul, South Korea) and UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY WONJU CAMPUS (Wonju-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for imaging examination of cells on surface of living tissue using moxifloxacin" was invented by Ki Hean Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Jung Bin Lee (Pohang-si, South Korea), Seong Han Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Ho Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) and Sejung Yang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for imaging examination of cells ...