US Patent Issued to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY on Aug. 11 for "Hairpin-like oligonucleotide-conjugated spherical nucleic acid" (Illinois, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,719, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Ill.).

"Hairpin-like oligonucleotide-conjugated spherical nucleic acid" was invented by Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Ill.), Gokay Yamankurt (Chicago) and Matthew K. Vasher (Pickney, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is generally related to oligonucleotides having a hairpin-like structure, nanoparticles comprising the same, and methods of using the same."

The patent was filed on March 5, 2020, under Application No. 17/435,903.

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