ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,747, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Columbus, Ohio).

"Rapid design, build, test, and learn technologies for identifying and using non-viral carriers" was invented by Anthony D. Duong (Columbus, Ohio), Danielle J. Huk (Hilliard, Ohio), Cherry Gupta (Columbus, Ohio), Kenneth R. Sims Jr. (Delaware, Ohio), Michael S. Koeris (Irvine, Calif.), Zachary R. Shank (London, Ohio), Ashlee J. Colbert (Blacklick, Ohio), Andrea D. McCue (Columbus, Ohio), Emma K. Schmitz (Columbus, Ohio), Caleb T. Hillrich (Columbus, Ohio), Shannon D. Miller (Hilliard, Ohio) and Joanna L. Hoy (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Off...