US Patent Issued to Cornell University on Dec. 2 for "Functionalized nanoparticles and methods of making and using same" (New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,189, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Functionalized nanoparticles and methods of making and using same" was invented by Kai Ma (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Ulrich B. Wiesner (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a versatile surface modification approach to, for example, modularly and orthogonally functionalize nanoparticles (NPs) such as, for example, PEGylated nanoparticles, ith various types of different functional ligands (functional groups) on the NP surface. It enables the synthesis of, for example, penta-functional PEGylated nanoparticles integrating a variety of properties int...