ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,008, issued on July 14.

"Fluorescent compound for immunohischemistry and diagnosis composition for detecting biological material comprising the same" was invented by Jin Woo Park (Incheon, South Korea), Kiwon Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Su Jung Jang (Incheon, South Korea) and Mina Kim (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a fluorescent compound for labeling a biomaterial having the following Chemical Formula 1:In Chemical Formula 1 above, n is an integer of 1 to 6; X1 and X2 are the same as or different from each other, and each independently selected from H, SO3- and SO3H; R1 and R2 are the same as each ot...