ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,145, issued on July 29, was assigned to Nano PharmaSolutions Inc. (San Diego).

"Therapeutic agent nanoparticles and methods of preparation" was invented by Kay Olmstead (Escondido, Calif.), Saeyeon Lee (Seongnam, South Korea) and Seok-Keun Koh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a coated particle comprising: (i) a microparticle that comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and (ii) nanoparticles of a therapeutic agent, wherein the surface of the microparticle is coated with the nanoparticles. Also provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the coated particle. Furthermore, pr...