ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,784, issued on July 21, was assigned to Helmholtz-Zentrum fur Infektionsforschung GmbH (Braunschweig, Germany).

"Polymer-cargo-complexes comprising cross-linked copolymers and cargo molecules" was invented by Sangeun Lee (Saarbrucken, Germany), Brigitta Loretz (Saarbrucken, Germany), Claus-Michael Lehr (Saarbrucken, Germany) and K.H. Anna Hirsch (Saarbrucken, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymer-cargo-complexes including cross-linked copolymers and cargo molecules bound to the copolymers by electrostatic interactions. The non-medical use thereof for transfection and to a kit including such polymer-cargo-complexes. The polym...