US Patent Issued to The Governors of the University of Alberta on May 19 for "Functional derivatives of maleimide copolymers for nanodisc production" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,341, issued on May 19, was assigned to The Governors of the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada).

"Functional derivatives of maleimide copolymers for nanodisc production" was invented by Michael Overduin (Edmonton, Canada) and Mansoore Esmaili (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Amphiphilic copolymers and compositions including amphiphilic copolymers. The amphiphilic copolymers include modified maleimide subunits, for example, as illustrated by the structures of Formula IA and Formula IB. The compositions form water-soluble complexes upon association with biological material wherein such biological material can includ...