ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,261, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Acuitas Therapeutics Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Lipid nanoparticle formulations" was invented by Michael J. Hope (Vancouver, Canada), Barbara Mui (Vancouver, Canada), Paulo Jia Ching Lin (Vancouver, Canada), Christopher J. Barbosa (Coquitlam, Canada), Thomas D. Madden (Vancouver, Canada), Steven M. Ansell (Vancouver, Canada) and Xinyao Du (Richmond, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved formulations of lipid nanoparticles are provided. Use of the lipid nanoparticles for delivery of a therapeutic agent and methods for their preparation are also provided."

The patent was filed on June 9, ...