Patent 10487105 was granted and assigned to Arcturus Therapeutics on November, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
What is described is a trinucleotide cap analog comprising m7G(5′)p3-N1pN2 for increased efficiency of in vitro transcription of m7G(5′)p3-RNA, wherein m7G is N7-methylguanosine or analog, (5′)p3 is a 5′,5′-triphosphate bridge, and N1 or N2 or both ribonucleotide analogs linked to each other by a phosphate, p, and wherein the trinucleotide cap analog increases the efficiency of in vitro transcription.