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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James F Hainfeld, Shoreham, NY (US);
Frederic R Furuya, Williston Park, NY (US);
Richard D Powell, Stamford, CT (US);
Vishwas N Joshi, Port Jefferson Station, NY (US);
Edmund Gutierrez, Levittown, NY (US);
Assignee:
Nanoprobes, Inc., Stony Brook, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; G01N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5303915 ; 436 13 ; 4241781 ; 4241791 ;
Abstract
Novel metal-lipid molecules have the formula M-Or-L. M represents a cluster or colloid of atoms of Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, or combinations thereof. Or is an organic group covalently attached to the metal atoms. L represents a lipid moiety. In a preferred embodiment, M represents a cluster of about 50-70 gold atoms having a diameter of about 1.4 nm in diameter and L represents dipalmitoyl phosphatidyl ethanolamine.