ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,430, issued on May 13, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Westborough, Mass.).

"O-methyl rich fully stabilized oligonucleotides" was invented by Anastasia Khvorova (Westborough, Mass.), Julia Alterman (Worcester, Mass.), Sarah Davis (Boston) and Anton Turanov (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel oligonucleotides that are fully chemically stabilized are provided. Methods of using oligonucleotides that are fully chemically stabilized are also provided."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2022, under Application No. 17/580,269.

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