US Patent Issued to eTheRNA Immunitherapies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel on Oct. 6 for "Lipid nanoparticles comprising sterols and mRNA" (Dutch, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,999, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to eTheRNA Immunitherapies NV (Niel, Belgium) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels).

"Lipid nanoparticles comprising sterols and mRNA" was invented by Sanne Bevers (Niel, Belgium), Stefaan De Koker (Niel, Belgium), Raymond Michel Schiffelers (Yalelaan, Netherlands) and Sander Alexander Antonius Kooijmans (Yalelaan, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of lipid nanoparticles (LNP); more specifically comprising an ionizable lipid, a phospholipid, a sterol, a PEG lipid and one or more nucleic acids. The LNP's of the present invention are characterize...