ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,839, issued on June 2, was assigned to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Stanford, Calif.), UNIVERSITE DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR (Pau, France) and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Paris).

"Mucoadhesive microgel compositions and methods for using the same" was invented by Laurent Billon (St. Faust, France), Eva Dieuzy (Seyssinet-Pariset, France), Garbine Aguirre (Lons, France), Solange Massa (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Peter Luke Santa Maria (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mucoadhesive microgel compositions, which include an active agent (such as HB-EGF), are provided. Asp...