Patents by Inventor Benjamin Byung-Duk Lim

Benjamin Byung-Duk Lim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Compounds, compositions, and methods for cancer imaging and therapy
    Patent number: 5919934
    Abstract: Disclosed are bisaminothiol and amino compounds with appended pharmacophores, complexes of these compounds with .sup.99m Tc(V)0, Re(V)0, In.sup.+3, .sup.67 Ga.sup.+3, .sup.90 Y.sup.+3, .sup.109 Pd.sup.+2 or .sup.105 Rh.sup.+3, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the complexes. Also disclosed are methods of diagnosing a mammal for the presence of a mammalian tumor, methods for in vitro detection of a cancer cell in a mammalian tissue sample, and methods of treating a mammal having a tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: The George Washington University
    Inventors: Christy Seith John, Benjamin Byung-Duk Lim