MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517055396 A) filed by Eli Lilly And Company, Indianapolis, on June 9, for 'synthetic nucleic acids including astrocyte-directed promoter constructs and methods of using the same.'

Inventor(s) include Shykind, Benjamin; and Schwartz, Edmund.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Synthetic nucleic acids are described that can be used for astrocyte-directed expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences. Also described are methods of using the same for astrocyte-directed expression of such nucleotide sequences for the treatment of neuro...