ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,316, issued on March 25, was assigned to FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITAET JENA (Jena, Germany).

"Nanostructured active ingredient carrier system" was invented by Anja Traeger (Trebgast, Germany), Anne-Kristin Truetzschler (Jena, Germany), Tanja Bus (Jena, Germany) and Ulrich Sigmar Schubert (Jena, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a nanostructured active ingredient carrier system, in particular for reducing cytotoxic properties owing to the use of sheath polymer and the transport resulting therefrom, for interactions with cell membranes during the transport of hydrophilic constituents and, in connection ...