ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,816, issued on March 24, was assigned to Acuitas Therapeutics Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Lipids for lipid nanoparticle delivery of active agents" was invented by Steven M. Hansell (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds are provided having the following structure: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, wherein G1, R1, R2, L, and n are as defined herein. Use of the compounds as a component of lipid nanoparticle formulations for delivery of a therapeutic agent, compositions comprising the compounds and methods for their use and preparation are also provided."

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