US Patent 7521577 Heavy metal binding compounds and their method of use

Patent 7521577 was granted and assigned to Molecular Probes on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Molecular Probes

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7521577

Date of Patent

April 21, 2009

Patent Application Number

11622900

Date Filed

January 12, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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D. Margaret Seaman

Patent abstract

The present invention provides a metal chelator and methods that facilitate binding, detecting, monitoring and quantitating of heavy metal ions in a sample. This metal chelating moiety is a —N,N,O-triacetic acid analog of BAPTA and has the following formula