ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,422, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Method and composition matter for immunoproteasome-mediated delivery into living cells" was invented by Darci J. Trader (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Breanna Zerfas (Reading, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to methods and composition matters for delivery of a cargo to a living cell over producing immunoproteasomes. More specifically the invention disclosed is a molecular construct that delivers a cargo, for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, to a living cell. Methods of use and composition matters are...