US Patent Issued to Biotium on June 2 for "Fluorenyl cyanine dyes" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,001, issued on June 2, was assigned to Biotium Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Fluorenyl cyanine dyes" was invented by Fei Mao (Fremont, Calif.), Wai-Yee Leung (San Ramon, Calif.) and Patrick Mcgarraugh (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to fluorescent dyes in general. The present invention provides a wide range of fluorescent dyes and kits containing the same, which are applicable for labeling a variety of biomolecules, cells and microorganisms. The present invention also provides various methods of using the fluorescent dyes for research and development, forensic identification, environmental studie...