US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on March 3 for "Biologically applicable water-soluble heterogeneous catalysts for para-hydrogen induced polarization" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,829, issued on March 3, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles).

"Biologically applicable water-soluble heterogeneous catalysts for para-hydrogen induced polarization" was invented by Louis Bouchard (Los Angeles), Shawn Wagner (Altadena, Calif.) and Stefan Gloeggler (Bordeaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heterogeneous catalyst composition for para-hydrogen induced polarization includes ligand-capped nanoparticles dispersed in water. The ligand-capped nanoparticles include metal nanoparticles that are surface functionalized with organic lig...