Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Human Cone Photoreceptor Optogenetic Constructs' Filed by Institute Of Molecular And Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB)

MUMBAI, India, April 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517020254 A) filed by Institute Of Molecular And Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), Basel, Switzerland, on March 6, for 'human cone photoreceptor optogenetic constructs.'

Inventor(s) include Gyorgy Bence; Roska Botond; and Scholl Hendrik P. N.

The application for the patent was published on April 11, under issue no. 15/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The disclosure relates to nucleic acids comprising a synthetic cone specific promoter a depolarizing optogenetic protein and optionally a reporter molecule; and a Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus Posttranscriptional Regulatory element (WPRE). The nucleic acid ...