US Patent Issued to The Penn State Research Foundation on Nov. 25 for "Nanoparticle for protein delivery" (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,588, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pa.).

"Nanoparticle for protein delivery" was invented by Siyang Zheng (State College, Pa.) and Cheng Gong (Malden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compositions and methods for delivery of therapeutic agent. In certain aspects, the invention comprises a metal-organic framework nanoparticle encapsulating a protein. In some aspects, the metal-organic framework nanoparticle encapsulating a protein is coated with an extracellular vesicle membrane."

The patent was filed on May 28, 2019, under Application No. ...