US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on June 9 for "Polymeric nanoparticle compositions for encapsulation and sustained release of protein therapeutics" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,916, issued on June 9, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Polymeric nanoparticle compositions for encapsulation and sustained release of protein therapeutics" was invented by Hai-Quan Mao (Baltimore), Sashank Reddy (Baltimore), Xiyu Ke (Baltimore), Chenhu Qiu (Baltimore), Daniel Lucena Comingues (Baltimore) and Gregory P. Howard (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are new biodegradable nanoparticle platforms for encapsulation and sustained release of protein therapeutics through a scalable and reproducible method. Specifically nanoparticles comprising a complex comprising a protein, or peptide, ...