Patents by Inventor Song-Lin Niu

Song-Lin Niu 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).

  • Dipyrromethene-boron hydrophilic fluorescent compounds
    Patent number: 8476461
    Abstract: Dipyrromethene-boron hydrophilic fluorescent compounds The invention concerns fluorescent and hydrophilic compounds meeting following formula (I): wherein: S1 is a group of formula —C?C-L?-A where L? is a linkage group and A is a polar functional group; S2 is a —C?C-L?-A group the same or different from S1; —F; —H; or a hydrocarbon chain optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, and use thereof, in particular in aqueous or hydrophilic media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Gilles Ulrich, Raymond Ziessel, Song-Lin Niu, Alexandre Haefele, Thomas Bura
  • DIPYRROMETHENE-BORON HYDROPHILIC FLUORESCENT COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20120009615
    Abstract: Dipyrromethene-boron hydrophilic fluorescent compounds The invention concerns fluorescent and hydrophilic compounds meeting following formula (I): wherein: S1 is a group of formula —C?C-L?-A where L? is a linkage group and A is a polar functional group; S2 is a —C?C-L?-A group the same or different from S1; —F; —H; or a hydrocarbon chain optionally interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms, and use thereof, in particular in aqueous or hydrophilic media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Gilles Ulrich, Raymond Ziessel, Song-Lin Niu, Alexandre Haefele, Thomas Bura