ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,114, issued on June 16, was assigned to SunVax mRNA Therapeutics Inc. (Beverly, Mass.).
"Ionizable lipid compounds and lipid nanoparticle compositions" was invented by Libin Zhang (Lynnfield, Mass.) and Yingzhong Li (Reading, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel ionizable lipids, compositions, and methods of using the novel ionizable lipids and compositions are disclosed. Lipid nanoparticle compositions include a novel ionizable lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Lipid nanoparticle compositions further including biologically active agents such as mRNA or DNA are useful i...