ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,235, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ROCK BIOMEDICAL INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Methods and compositions for dendritic cell targeting nano-delivery" was invented by Chi-Huey Wong (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Jeng Shin Lee (Lincoln, Mass.), Chen-Yo Fan (Taipei, Taiwan), Szu-Wen Wang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chung-Yi Wu (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to novel compounds, methods, and cell-targeting formulations, e.g., a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) for targeted delivery to a tissue or a cell type. The compound and formulation provided herein are designed to have a targeting moiety configured to provi...