ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,508, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ModernaTX Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).
"High-purity peg lipids and uses thereof" was invented by Orn Almarsson (Cambridge, Mass.), Jin Lim (Lexington, Mass.), Eugene Cheung (Sharon, Mass.) and Jaclyn Milton (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is based, at least in part, on the discovery that high-purity PEG lipids exhibit superior physical and biological properties, particularly when used in lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations. Therefore, the present disclosure provides PEG lipids at a recommended purity, e.g., for use in formulations, such as LNP formulations...