ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,117, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Flagship Pioneering Innovations VI LLC (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Compositions comprising modified circular polyribonucleotides and uses thereof" was invented by Avak Kahvejian (Lexington, Mass.), Nicholas McCartney Plugis (Cohasset, Mass.), Alexandra Sophie De Boer (Somerville, Mass.) and Ki Young Paek (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates generally to pharmaceutical compositions and preparations of modified circular polyribonucleotides and uses thereof."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2020, under Application No. 17/442,212.

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