ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,543, issued on June 30, was assigned to ModernaTX Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Methods of preparing lipid nanoparticles" was invented by Mike Smith (Cambridge, Mass.), Allen Horhota (Westford, Mass.), Jason Auer (Cambridge, Mass.) and Brie Skinner (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods of producing lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations and the produced LNP formulations thereof. The present disclosure also provides therapeutic and diagnostic uses related to the produced LNP formulations."

The patent was filed on Jan. 31, 2020, under Application No. 17/424,780.

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