ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,606, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Columbus, Ohio).

"Polymer nanoparticle compositions for in vivo expression of polypeptides" was invented by Anthony D. Duong (Columbus, Ohio), Kenneth R. Sims Jr. (Delaware, Ohio), Cherry Gupta (Columbus, Ohio), Danielle J. Huk (Hilliard, Ohio), Michael Riedl (Columbus, Ohio), Andrea D. McCue (Columbus, Ohio), Michael Wagner (Columbus, Ohio), Julianne N.P. Smith (Columbus, Ohio) and Jacqueline Grible (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to block copolymer nanoparticles for in vivo therapeutic delivery, and methods therefor. More partic...