US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Dec. 23 for "Cross-linking compounds and methods of use thereof" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,440, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Cross-linking compounds and methods of use thereof" was invented by Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, N.C.), Zhiyuan Wu (Raleigh, N.C.), Hikaru Fujita (Kanazawa, Japan) and Daisuke Sato (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds of Formula IA, IB, II, III, IV, and/or V are described herein along with their methods of use. A compound of the present invention may cross-link under physiological conditions and/or in vivo."

The patent was filed on Nov. 6, 2020, under Application No. 17/774,529.

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