US Patent Issued to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY on Oct. 7 for "Melt processed viral nanoparticle constructs" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,840, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).

"Melt processed viral nanoparticle constructs" was invented by Nicole F. Steinmetz (San Diego) and Jonathan Pokorski (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construct includes a melt processed blend of a biodegradable polymer and viral nanoparticles. The viral nanoparticles are encapsulated within a biodegradable polymer matrix of the biodegradable polymer. The viral nanoparticles include a plurality of immunogenic peptides conjugated to the viral nanoparticles. The construct upon administration to a subject providing sustained release of the viral...