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(11) EP 4 816 479 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
07.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/41

(21) Application number: 24898397.5

(22) Date of filing: 17.04.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C09B 69/10(2006.01)
C09B 11/08(2006.01)
A61K 49/00(2006.01)
C09K 11/07(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
C09K 11/06; C09K 2211/188; C09K 2211/1466; C09B 69/108; A61K 49/0002; A61K 49/128; A61K 49/085; A61K 49/221; A61K 41/0057; A61K 47/64; A61K 47/56; A61K 49/0021; A61K 49/0054; A61K 49/0056; A61K 49/124; A61K 49/0058; A61K 49/16
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2024/024926
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/116953 (05.06.2025 Gazette 2025/23)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 30.11.2023 US 202363604557 P

(71) Applicants:
  • North Carolina State University
    Raleigh, North Carolina 27606 (US)
  • Nirvana Sciences
    Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LINDSEY, Jonathan S.
    Raleigh, North Carolina 27608 (US)
  • THOMAS, Russell D.
    Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587 (US)
  • AKHIGBE, Joshua
    Durham, North Carolina 27707 (US)
  • MACNEVIN, Christopher
    Durham, North Carolina 27713 (US)
  • STOYCHEV, Georgi V.
    Ames, Iowa 50010 (US)
  • OLSZEWSKI, Mateusz
    Durham, North Carolina (US)
  • YANG, Su
    Cary, North Carolina 27519 (US)

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