ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,309, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Translate Bio Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"MRNA-loaded lipid nanoparticles and processes of making the same" was invented by Shrirang Karve (Lexington, Mass.), Ashish Sarode (Lexington, Mass.) and Frank DeRosa (Lexington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an improved lipid nanoparticle formulation encapsulating mRNA comprising DEPE as a helper lipid."

The patent was filed on July 8, 2020, under Application No. 17/625,507.

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