US Patent Issued to Translate Bio MA on Nov. 25 for "Nucleic acid conjugates and uses thereof" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,682, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Translate Bio MA Inc. (Lexington, Mass.).

"Nucleic acid conjugates and uses thereof" was invented by Balkrishen Bhat (Carlsbad, Calif.), Saswata Karmakar (Acton, Mass.), Debatosh Majumdar (Lexington, Mass.), Jia Tay (Acton, Mass.) and Nelson Chau (Needham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are conjugates comprising targeting moieties such as sugars, folates and cell-penetrating peptides, which can be used for the improved delivery of agents (e.g., nucleic acids, such as oligonucleotides or mRNAs, or other agents) to cells. The invention provides conjugates and compounds compr...