US Patent Issued to Oregon State University, Oregon Health & Science University on Sept. 1 for "Cobalt-doped iron oxide nanoparticles and methods for making and using" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,907, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.) and Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, Ore.).

"Cobalt-doped iron oxide nanoparticles and methods for making and using" was invented by Olena Taratula (Corvallis, Ore.), Oleh Taratula (Corvallis, Ore.), Ananiya A. Demessie (Corvallis, Ore.), Ov Slayden (Portland, Ore.) and Youngrong Park (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are embodiments of a nanoparticle suitable for use in providing hyperthermia treatment. The nanoparticle may be a cobalt-doped iron oxide nanoparticle. Also disclosed are compositions comprising ...