ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,357, issued on June 3, was assigned to ACELOT INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Small molecule drugs and related methods for treatment of diseases related to TDP-43, alpha-synuclein, huntingtin's protein and tau protein oligomer formation" was invented by Ambuj K. Singh (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Christian A. Lang (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides small molecule drugs and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and prevention of diseases related to the formation of certain types of oligomers in a subject. More specifically, the drugs and compositions reduce or prevent the fo...