US Patent Issued to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on Aug. 4 for "Triterpene saponin variants, methods of synthesis and use thereof" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,304, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York).

"Triterpene saponin variants, methods of synthesis and use thereof" was invented by Derek S. Tan (New York), David Y. Gin (New York), William E. Walkowicz (New York), Alberto Fernandez-Tejada (New York) and Govindaswami Ragupathi (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A number of triterpene saponin variants with different modifications on their central glycosyl ester linkage are described. Also described are methods of making and method of using such triterpene saponin variants."

The patent was filed on April 17, 2023, under Application No. 18...