ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,426, issued on Dec. 9.
"Oligonucleotide-functionalized hydrophobic polymer nanoparticles" was invented by Andrey Klymchenko (Illkirch, France), Nina Melnychuk (Illkirch, France) and Andreas Reisch (Colmar, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns an oligonucleotide-functionalized hydrophobic polymer nanoparticle and method of its preparation. Said nanoparticle is a dye-loaded polymeric nanoparticle, and being functionalized by (a) target-specific oligonucleotides, and/or (b) non-specific oligonucleotides."
The patent was filed on May 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/325,409.
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