US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Nanoparticles comprising a functional agent and method of preparation and use thereof" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,234, issued on Sept. 9.

"Nanoparticles comprising a functional agent and method of preparation and use thereof" was invented by Yumin Yuan (Jiaxing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to polyethylene glycol (PEG)-functionalized nanoparticles comprising a functional agent, and preparation methods, properties and applications thereof. The nanoparticle represented by PEG-L-G/P, comprising a type of hydrophilic PEG, a hydrophobic functional agent G, which are covalently linked by L: a linker or a chemical bond, and a type of hydrophobic polymer P. The G and P form the hydrophobic core, while the PEG constitutes...