US Patent Issued to Korea University Research and Business Foundation on Oct. 20 for "Two-photon fluorescent probe compound selective for amyloid beta plaques and method for imaging amyloid beta plaques using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,845, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Two-photon fluorescent probe compound selective for amyloid beta plaques and method for imaging amyloid beta plaques using same" was invented by Jong Seung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jinwoo Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Peter Verwilst (Seoul, South Korea), Dokyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Inhee Mook-Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a two-photon fluorescent probe compound that is a coumarin or an iminocoumarin, and a method for imaging amyloid beta plaques using same,...