US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Nov. 4 for "Nitrosation reagents and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,909, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Nitrosation reagents and methods" was invented by Ryan D. Baxter (Merced, Calif.) and Jordan Galloway (Merced, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compounds that can find use as nitrosation reagents. Provided are nitrosation methods that include reacting a substrate with one of the provided nitrosation reagents and thereby generating a nitrosation product. Provided are kits including a nitrosation reagent. Provided are compositions wherein the nitrosation reagent is enriched in the 15N isotope."

The patent was filed o...