US Patent Issued to The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System on July 22 for "Biodegradable ultra-pH sensitive polymers" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,761, issued on July 22, was assigned to The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Biodegradable ultra-pH sensitive polymers" was invented by Jinming Gao (Dallas), Xu Wang (Dallas), Houliang Tang (Dallas), Wei Li (Dallas), Jonathan Wilhelm (Dallas) and Baran Sumer (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to degradable polymers which contain a hydrophobic and hydrophilic segment which is sensitive to pH. In some aspects, the polymers form a micelle which is sensitive to pH and have backbones which are capable of undergoing degradation in vivo. In some aspects, the disclosure a...