ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,666, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus (Sejong-si, South Korea).

"Blue phosphorescent material, production method thereof, and photophysical properties thereof" was invented by Sang Ook Kang (Sejong-si, South Korea) and Ho Jin Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This blue phosphorescent material includes: a central metal containing iridium; and a phenyl-imidazopyridine ligand which is a bidentate ligand of the central metal and has an iridium-carbon bond with the central metal, wherein the ligand may include a ligand in which a 2,6-dimethylphenyl ...