ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,121, issued on July 15, was assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).

"Neutral fluorescent mitochondrial marker as amide derivative, and preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Jianfeng Ge (Suzhou, China), Wei Ma (Suzhou, China) and Ru Sun (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a series of neutral fluorescent mitochondrial markers as amide derivatives, and a preparation method and use thereof. The present invention provides for the first time that neutral dyes have excellent mitochondria targeting ability after being bonded to an amide compound. The present invention solves th...