ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,637, issued on July 8, was assigned to AVIDITY BIOSCIENCES INC. (San Diego).

"Nucleic acid-polypeptide compositions and uses thereof" was invented by Andrew John Geall (Carlsbad, Calif.), Venkata Ramana Doppalapudi (San Diego), David Sai-Ho Chu (La Jolla, Calif.), Michael Caramian Cochran (La Jolla, Calif.), Rachel Elizabeth Johns (San Diego), Palani Balu (Cupertino, Calif.), Rob Burke (Encinitas, Calif.) and Beatrice Diana Darimont (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compositions and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise a binding moiety conjugated to a polynucleic acid molecule and a polymer. Also desc...