ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,528, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).
"Conjugated lipomers and uses thereof" was invented by James E. Dahlman (Cambridge, Mass.), Avraham D. Schroeder (Newton, Mass.), Daniel Griffith Anderson (Framingham, Mass.), Robert S. Langer (Newton, Mass.) and Christopher G. Levins (Flemington, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides inventive conjugated polyethyleneimine (PEI) polymers and conjugated aza-macrocycles (collectively referred to herein as "conjugated lipomers" or "lipomers") containing one or more groups of the formula (iii):wherein R3 and R4 a...