US Patent Issued to West Virginia University Board of Governors on behalf of West Virginia University on Feb. 4 for "Protein-loaded PLGA nanospheres" (Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,046, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to West Virginia University Board of Governors on behalf of West Virginia University (Morgantown, W.va.).

"Protein-loaded PLGA nanospheres" was invented by Brock A Lindsey (Morgantown, W.va.), Justin E Markel (Pittsburgh), Ryan A Lacinski (Bridgeville, Pa.) and Jabeen Noore (Kingsville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides compositions comprising protein encapsulated nanoparticles, and methods of making said compositions. In an aspect, a composition may comprise a drug delivery vector and a therapeutic substance, wherein the composition elutes at least 1.0 pg of the t...