Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Aav Capsid Modifications That Enable Improved Cns-Wide Gene Delivery Through Interactions With The Transferrin Receptor

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617094925 A) filed by The Broad Institute, Inc. on August 05, 2026, for Aav Capsid Modifications That Enable Improved Cns-Wide Gene Delivery Through Interactions With The Transferrin Receptor.

Inventors include Deverman, Benjamin; Chan, Ken; Huang, Qin; Barry, Andrew; and Eid, Fatmaelzahraa Sobhy Abdelmouty.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: Developing vehicles that efficiently deliver genes throughout the human central nervous system (CNS) will broaden the range of treatable genetic diseases. Applicants engineered an AAV capsid, BI-hTFRl, that binds human Transferrin Receptor (TfR...