Patents Assigned to Cyanine Technologies S.p.A.
  • Cyanin-type compounds having an alkynyl linker arm
    Patent number: 7892297
    Abstract: Cyanine-type fluorescent dyes modified with an alkynyl linker arm of formula (I), suitable for the conjugation of biomolecules, such as for example nucleosides, nucleotides, oligonucleotides, nucleic acids, proteins, peptides, vitamins and hormones. A method and intermediates for the synthesis of the alkynyl cyanines of the invention are also described, as well as alkynyl cyanine-biomolecule conjugates and methods for preparing thereof. The alkynyl cyanines can be advantageously used as markers for biomolecules or as quenchers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Cyanine Technologies S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Caputo