US Patent Issued to CITY OF HOPE on July 28 for "Lipid nanoparticles and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,499, issued on July 28, was assigned to CITY OF HOPE (Duarte, Calif.).

"Lipid nanoparticles and methods of use" was invented by Kevin Morris (Duarte, Calif.), Alicia Davis (Duarte, Calif.), Tristan Scott (Pasadena, Calif.), Roslyn Ray (Monrovia, Calif.) and Denis O'Meally (Duarte, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are, inter alia, lipid nanoparticles, lipid nanoparticles comprising nucleic acids encapsulated therein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising lipid nanoparticles which comprise nucleic acids encapsulated therein, and methods of treating diseases, such as coronavirus infections (e.g., SARS-CoV-2, SARS-C...