ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been assigned a patent (8,828,956) developed by four co-inventors for "carbohydrate conjugates as delivery agents for oligonucleotides." The co-inventors are Muthiah Manoharan, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Kallanthottathil G. Rajeev, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Narayanannair K. Jayaprakash, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Martin Maier, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, . . .