Patent 11567008 was granted and assigned to Sony on January, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An immunostaining method includes an irradiation process in which a specimen, which includes a target molecule including an electron donor, an antibody that is bound to the target molecule and that includes a generating agent for generating active species when irradiated with a first excitation light, and a pigment compound, is irradiated with the first excitation light; and in which the pigment compound and the electron donor are bound due to the active species generated from the generating agent when irradiated with the first excitation light.