ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,116, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ACCESS TO ADVANCED HEALTH INSTITUTE (Seattle).

"Nanoalum particles containing a pegylated lipid sizing agent" was invented by Neal Van Hoeven (Seattle), Traci Mikasa (Renton, Wash.), Christopher B. Fox (Sumner, Wash.), Anwar Ahniyaz (Stockholm), Mark T. Orr (Seattle) and Amit Khandhar (Issaquah, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are nanoalum particles comprising an aluminum salt and a sizing agent, wherein the size of the particle ranges from about 1 nm to 450 nm. Such a nanoalum particles are stable and are amenable to a terminal sterilization step prior to vialing. Compos...