ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,683, issued on April 14, was assigned to Ferronova Pty LTD (Adelaide, Australia) and Purdue Research Foundation.

"Mapping nanoparticles" was invented by Benjamin Thierry (Fitzroy, Australia), Melanie Ruth Maria Nelson (Brompton, Australia), Valentina Milanova (Mawson Lakes, Australia), Nicole Dmochowska (Glandore, Australia), Thi Hanh Nguyen Pham (Yagoona, Australia), Brian Stanley Hawkett (Mona Vale, Australia), Ramesh Mukkamala (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Philip Stewart Low (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanoparticulate material suitable for administration to a subject, the nanoparticulate material having boun...