US Patent Issued to COUR PHARMACEUTICALS DEVELOPMENT, REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN on Dec. 23 for "Covalent polymer-antigen conjugated particles" (Maryland, Illinois, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,436, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to COUR PHARMACEUTICALS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY INC. (Evanston, Ill.) and REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Covalent polymer-antigen conjugated particles" was invented by Ryan Pearson (Baltimore), Daniel Getts (Northbrook, Ill.), John Puisis (Northbrook, Ill.), James Herrmann (Northbrook, Ill.) and Lonnie D. Shea (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides compositions comprising tolerizing immune modified particles (TIMPs) and methods for using and making said TIMPs. In particular, carrier polymer is covalently conjugated with antigenic pep...