ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,042, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to VECTIOPEP OU (Tartu Maakond, Estonia).
"Cell-penetrating peptides" was invented by Piret Arukuusk (Tartu, Estonia), Ulo Langel (Tartu, Estonia) and Ly Porosk (Tartu, Estonia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for a membrane-permeable construct for transport of cargo across a lipid membrane and subsequent delivery of cargo into cells, wherein the construct comprises a cell penetrating amino acid sequence and a fatty acid chain attached to the N terminus thereof, wherein the cell penetrating amino acid sequence comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or comprises a modi...