US Patent Issued to Generation Bio on March 18 for "Lipids and nanoparticle compositions thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,470, issued on March 18, was assigned to Generation Bio Co. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Lipids and nanoparticle compositions thereof" was invented by Matthew G. Stanton (Cambridge, Mass.) and Birte Nolting (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are lipids having the Formula (I):and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, a, and b are as defined herein. Also provided herein are lipid nanoparticle (LNP) compositions comprising lipid having the Formula (I) and a capsid-free, non-viral vector (e.g., ceDNA). In one aspect of any of the aspects or embodiments herein, these LNPs can be used to deliver ...