ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,800, issued on June 17, was assigned to Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Stiftung des Offentlichen Rechts (Heidelberg, Germany).

"Annexin-coated particles" was invented by Peter Krammer (Heidelberg, Germany), Heiko Weyd (Heidelberg, Germany) and Kevin Bode (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an annexin-coated particle, comprising a negatively charged phospholipid and an annexin non-covalently coupled thereto. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising an annexin-coated particle. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a product for use in a method of preven...