ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,553, issued on May 6.

"Non-opioid anti-pain medication" was invented by Fernanda Laezza (Galveston, Texas), Jia Zhou (Galveston, Texas), Jin Mo Chung (Galveston, Texas), Pingyuan Wang (Galveston, Texas), Jun-Ho La (Galveston, Texas), Oluwarotimi Folorunso (Galveston, Texas) and Aditya Singh (Galveston, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to novel small molecules Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as well as the preparation and the use thereof to inhibit FGF13-1b."

The patent was filed on Jan. 24, 2020, under Application No. 17/425,688.

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