ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,047, issued on March 11, was assigned to ARNATAR THERAPEUTICS INC (San Diego).

"Arnatar compounds and methods for enhanced cellular uptake" was invented by Derek Steiner (Del Mar, Calif.), Xuehai Liang (Del Mar, Calif.) and Yangfeng Wang (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention generally relates to the field of compounds and methods for enhanced cellular uptake. In particular, the invention relates to N-acetylgalactosamine compounds and their conjugates. Also provided are methods for the preparation of these molecules and possible uses thereof, in particular in medicine."

The patent was filed on Aug. 1, 2024,...