ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,475, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NANJING UNIVERSITY (Jiangsu, China).

"Tetrazine compound capable of having rapid cycloaddition reaction with non-strained olefinic boronic acid and biomedical application thereof" was invented by Yong Liang (Suzhou, China), Cheng Tang (Suzhou, China) and Jiafang Deng (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a tetrazine compound capable of having rapid cycloaddition reaction with non-strained olefinic boronic acid and biomedical application thereof. The present disclosure synthesizes a novel tetrazine compound capable of having rapid bioorthogonal cycloaddition reaction with n...