Aptamers for consumer product compositions

US10676748B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Juan Esteban Velasquez · Cincinnati, US
• Amy Violet Trejo · Oregonia, US
• Paul Albert Sagel · Maineville, US
• Gregory Allen Penner · London, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2310/321
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Consumer product compositions comprise a surfactant and a nucleic acid aptamer. The nucleic acid aptamer comprises at least one oligonucleotide comprising: deoxyribonucleotides, ribonucleotides, derivatives of deoxyribonucleotides, derivatives of ribonucleotides, or mixtures thereof. The nucleic acid aptamer has a binding affinity for an epitope of a surface being treated with the consumer product composition.