ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,263, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ROTOP RADIOPHARMACY GMBH (Dresden, Germany).

"Method for the preparation of n-monofluoroalkyl tropanes and their use" was invented by Kritee Pant (Dresden, Germany) and Felix Roschke (Dresden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of an N-monofluoroalkyl tropane, a method for the preparation of a trialkyltin tropane, a method for the preparation of an iodinated and/or radioiodinated tropane and the use of the N-monofluoroalkyl tropane as a precursor in the method for the preparation of the trialkyltin tropane and/or the iodinated and/...