US Patent Issued to TORAY INDUSTRIES, Nanotheta on June 10 for "Carboxylic acid-type lipid, and lipid particle and lipid membrane each comprising carboxylic acid-type lipid" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,677, issued on June 10, was assigned to TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo-to, Japan) and Nanotheta Co Ltd. (Tokyo-to, Japan).

"Carboxylic acid-type lipid, and lipid particle and lipid membrane each comprising carboxylic acid-type lipid" was invented by Shinji Takeoka (Tokyo-to, Japan), Keiko Nakahara (Tokyo-to, Japan), Mamoru Nishiura (Tokyo-to, Japan), Shinya Otsubo (Tokyo-to, Japan), Hajimu Kurumatani (Tokyo-to, Japan) and Toru Arakane (Tokyo-to, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carboxylic acid-type lipid can accelerate adhesion or aggregation of platelets even if the carboxylic acid-type lipid does not carry a protein involved in...