ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,545, issued on May 26, was assigned to UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (Santiago de Compostela, Spain).

"Polymers for gene therapy" was invented by Carla Maria Garcia Mazas (Santiago de Compostela, Spain), Noemi Csaba (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) and Marcos Garcia Fuertes (Santiago de Compostela, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymers for gene therapy. The present invention relates to a polymer, more specifically a polyphosphazene polymer, that is useful for gene therapy. The invention also relates to a complex comprising the polymer, the method for producing same and uses thereof."

The patent was filed on Oct. 22, 2...