US Patent Issued to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on March 31 for "Compound and MRI contrast agent containing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,169, issued on March 31, was assigned to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Daegu, South Korea).

"Compound and MRI contrast agent containing same" was invented by Yong Min Chang (Daegu, South Korea) and Ah Rum Baek (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel compound and an MRI contrast agent containing same. The compound according to the present invention can minimize MRI contrast agent side effects caused by the release of gadolinium ions within the body, on the basis of the outstanding kinetic stability, and can be very usefully employed as an MR...