US Patent Issued to Merck Sharp & Dohme on Oct. 27 for "Lipid nanoparticle compositions containing monoester cationic lipids" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,391, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"Lipid nanoparticle compositions containing monoester cationic lipids" was invented by Marian E. Gindy (Haledon, N.J.), Andrew Bett (Lansdale, Pa.), Izzat Tiedje Raheem (Doylestown, Pa.) and Ronald M. Kim (Summit, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides, among other things, lipid nanoparticle formulations that include monoester cationic lipids. The present invention also provides compositions that include monoester cationic lipid nanoparticles and nucleic acids. The present disclosure also provides lipid nanoparticles encapsula...