MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621022794 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Maharashtra, on Feb. 26, for 'mitochondrial g-quadruplex dna imaging probes based on benzoxadiazole scaffold.'

Inventor(s) include Pradeepkumar, P. I.; Dilnawaj, Y; and Waychal, Kedar Praveenkumar.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides an organic probe compound of formula I targeting specific Mitochondrial G-quadruplexes (mtG4 DNAs), and a method for synthesis thereof. The invention provides synthesis of specific benzoxadiazole probe compound of f...