US Patent Issued to Rhode Island Hospital on Jan. 27 for "Nanomaterial compositions, synthesis, and assembly" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,468, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Rhode Island Hospital (Providence, R.I.).

"Nanomaterial compositions, synthesis, and assembly" was invented by Qian Chen (Barrington, R.I.), Hongchuan Yu (Mansfield, Mass.) and Yupeng Chen (Mansfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions or an assembly of a series of biomimetic compounds include chemical structures that mimic or structurally resemble a nucleic acid base pair. Complexes of nanotubes and agents are useful to deliver agents into the cells or bodily tissues of individuals for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. Exemplary compounds include those of Formula (I), (III), ...