US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on May 12 for "High contrast photoconvertible fluorescent proteins and methods of use" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,070, issued on May 12, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"High contrast photoconvertible fluorescent proteins and methods of use" was invented by Brian J. Stoveken (San Antonio) and James D. Lechleiter (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein, are photoconvertible fluorescent proteins or analogs thereof, and in particular, green-to-red photoconvertible fluorescent proteins or analogs thereof of the EosFP family; and compositions comprising the same and methods for analyzing a physiologically active substance in a cell wherein the fluorescent proteins are expressed in ...