ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,828, issued on July 14, was assigned to Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kan.).
"Lipid encasing amphipathic peptides" was invented by John M. Tomich (Manhattan, Kan.), Sheila de Mello Barros (Manhattan, Kan.), Susan K. Whitaker (Manhattan, Kan.) and Pinakin Sukthankar (Manhattan, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are linear peptides for creation of colloidal particles and micelles for delivery of active agents. The colloidal particles facilitate encapsulation and delivery of hydrophobic and/or poorly water soluble active agents within the particle hydrophobic core. The compositions are suitab...