MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517041701 A) filed by Encapsys, Llc, Appleton, U.S.A., on April 30, for 'degradable delivery particles from mixed acid treated chitosan.'
Inventor(s) include Feng, Linsheng; Malagon Gomez, Sonia Marcela; Kochel, Meagan Marie; Joos, Conny Erna Alice; Smets, Johan; Lebron, Ariel; Allison, Jennifer Beth; Collu, Mattia; Fernandez-Prieto, Susana; and Keijzer, Olav Pieter Dora Tony.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An improved delivery particle comprising a benefit agent core material and a shell encapsulating the core material is described, along with a process for forming such a delivery particle and articles of manufacture. The shell is the reaction product of a cross-linking agent and an acid-treated chitosan wherein the acid-treated chitosan is treated with a weak acid, or even a mixture of a first acid and a second acid, the first acid comprising a strong acid, and the second acid comprising a weak acid. The first acid and the second acid are present in a normality ratio from about 20:80 to about 80:20. The delivery particle of the invention has improved release characteristics, with enhanced degradation characteristics in OECD test method 301B."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 29, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/081494.
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