US Patent Issued to University of Washington, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION on Aug. 19 for "Reagents and methods for modulating cone photoreceptor activity" (Washington, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,146, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle) and UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Reagents and methods for modulating cone photoreceptor activity" was invented by Jay Neitz (Seattle), Maureen Neitz (Seattle), James A. Kuchenbecker (Seattle) and William W. Hauswirth (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides reagents and methods for modulating cone photoreceptor activity, and devices for assessment of cone photoreceptor activity."

The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2021, under Application No. 17/500,426.

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