Cationic lipids

US6649780B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Valentis, Inc. · US
• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaften e.V. · US

Inventors

• Hansjorg Eibl · Bovenden, DE
• Jinkang Wang · San Francisco, US
• Yi Zhang · Nanjing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C219/08
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Cationic lipids are provided which are useful in the preparation of liposomes and other lipid vesicle carriers. The lipids of the invention are particularly useful as carriers of nucleic acids and other negatively charged substances, for delivery to cells.