ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,485, issued on June 3, was assigned to ROCK BIOMEDICAL INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Methods and compositions for targeted delivery by polymersomes" was invented by Chi-Huey Wong (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Jeng Shin Lee (Lincoln, Mass.), Chen-Yo Fan (Taipei, Taiwan) and Szu-Wen Wang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a copolymer and a polymersome for targeted delivery of biomolecules to a living organism. The exemplary copolymer comprises an initiator block, a propagator block, and a linkage connecting the initiator block and the propagator block. The initiator block comprises a glycan head conf...