ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,138, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.).

"Nanoparticles and nanogel drug compositions for treatment of age-related macular degeneration" was invented by Vijaykumar Bhadabhai Sutariya (Tampa, Fla.), Priyanka Sureshbhai Bhatt (Tampa, Fla.), Vipul B. Amin (Iselin, N.J.) and Srinivas M. Tipparaju (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are nanoparticles and nanogel drug compositions and the use thereof for treating age-related macular degeneration."

The patent was filed on Oct. 3, 2022, under Application No. 17/958,709.

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