MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411093480 A) filed by Birla Institute Of Technology And Science, Pilani on November 29, 2024, for Phototriggered Drug Delivery Composition Of Drug Loaded Polymeric Micelles.

Inventors include Saha Subit Kumar; Dyagala Shalini; Biswas Swati; and Paul Milan.

The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phototriggered drug delivery composition composed of drug loaded polymeric micelles comprising a mixture of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(lactic acid) (mPEG-PLA) diblock copolymer and a photochromic spiropyran derivative that aggregate to form a hydrophobic core with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) embedded therein, wherein the polymeric micelle is loaded with the drug. The invention is also a method of formulating the present drug loaded polymeric micelles (Figure 1).

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