ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,663, issued on April 14, was assigned to VALITOR INC. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Multivalent peptide conjugates for sustained intra-articular treatment of joint inflammation" was invented by Wesley M. Jackson (Berkeley, Calif.), Mavish Mahomed (Berkeley, Calif.), Livia W. Brier (Berkeley, Calif.) and Kevin E. Healy (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to peptide-polymer conjugates, and to their use in treating intra-articular diseases or disorders."

The patent was filed on March 8, 2019, under Application No. 16/977,636.

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