ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,403, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (Evanston, Ill.).
"Peptide conjugated particles" was invented by Lonnie D. Shea (Evanston, Ill.), Stephen D. Miller (Evanston, Ill.), Jonathan Woon Teck Yap (Evanston, Ill.), Daniel R. Getts (Northbrook, Ill.) and Derrick McCarthy (Evanston, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides compositions comprising peptide-coupled biodegradable poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) particles. In particular, PLG particles are surface-functionalized to allow for coupling of peptide molecules to the surface of the particles (e.g., for use in eliciting induction o...