US Patent Issued to Cornell University on July 14 for "18 F-labeled triazole containing PSMA inhibitors" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,812, issued on July 14, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"18 F-labeled triazole containing PSMA inhibitors" was invented by John W. Babich (New York), James M. Kelly (New York), Alejandro Amor-Coarasa (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Shashikanth Ponnala (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is directed to compounds, intermediates thereof, compositions thereof, medicaments thereof, and methods related to the imaging of mammalian tissue overexpressing PSMA. The compounds are of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein one of R1, R2, and R3 is and of Formula IV or a pharmaceutically ...