US Patent Issued to AGC, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO on March 3 for "Nucleic acid containing perfluoroalkyl group, and method for its production" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,514, issued on March 3, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo) and THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (Tokyo).

"Nucleic acid containing perfluoroalkyl group, and method for its production" was invented by Takashi Okazoe (Tokyo), Yuichiro Ishibashi (Tokyo), Akimitsu Okamoto (Tokyo), Kunihiko Morihiro (Tokyo), Kohsuke Aikawa (Tokyo) and Honoka Watanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a nucleic acid excellent in cell membrane permeability and a method for its production.A nucleic acid containing a C2-10 perfluoroalkyl group having from 1 to 5 ether-bonding oxygen atoms between carbon atoms; said nucleic acid wherein said perfluoroalkyl ...