MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517052026 A) filed by Universite De Lorraine; Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Nancy; and Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale, Nancy, France, on May 29, for 'iron nanoclusters, methods for obtaining same and uses thereof for combatting iron deficiencies.'
Inventor(s) include Boudier, Ariane; Clarot, Igor; and Feillet, Francois.
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: "The present invention relates to iron nanoclusters having the following features: - they are covered on their surface by a mixed layer comprising histidine (His), acetate ions (Ac) and ascorbate ions (Asc); - they are spherically shaped; - they have a hydrodynamic diameter ranging from 0.6 to 2.0 nm, and preferably of less than 1.0 nm; - they have a metal core diameter ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 nm, and preferably of less than 1.0 nm; - they have a stability over time ranging from 5 to 20 weeks when the nanoclusters are in liquid form and are stored at a temperature of 4 C; - they have a stability over time of at least 12 months, and preferably 12 to 18 months, when the nanoclusters are in dry form and are stored at a temperature of 4 C and under nitrogen; - they have spectrophotometric properties, with a shoulder peak on the UV-visible spectrum at 300 15 nm and a fluorescence spectrum with excitation wavelengths of 364 15 nm and emission wavelengths of 415 15 nm, it being possible for these iron nanoclusters to be denoted by the formula "FeNC@HisAcAsc". The invention also relates to a method for preparing these iron nanoclusters, and to the uses thereof for combatting iron deficiencies."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 09, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/081345.
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