US Patent Issued to Osaka University on Aug. 26 for "5'-modified nucleoside and nucleotide using same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,171, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Osaka University (Osaka, Japan).

"5'-modified nucleoside and nucleotide using same" was invented by Satoshi Obika (Osaka, Japan), Takao Yamaguchi (Osaka, Japan), Takaki Habuchi (Osaka, Japan), Go Kato (Osaka, Japan), Takao Inoue (Osaka, Japan), Tokuyuki Yoshida (Osaka, Japan) and Takaya Sugiura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a 5'-modified nucleoside and a nucleotide using the same. The nucleoside of the present invention is represented by the formula (I) below. The 5'-modified nucleoside of the present invention is usable as a substitute for a phosphorothioate-modifi...