US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 14 for "Blue-excitable water-solvated polymeric dyes" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,978, issued on July 14, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Blue-excitable water-solvated polymeric dyes" was invented by Yongchao Liang (Irvine, Calif.), Haiqing Li (San Diego) and Brent S. Gaylord (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Water solvated polymeric dyes and polymeric tandem dyes having a blue excitation spectrum are provided. The polymeric dyes are conjugated polymers that can include a thiophene-containing co-monomer. The polymeric tandem dyes further include a signaling chromophore covalently linked to the conjugated polymer in energy-receiving proximity therewith. Also provided are la...