ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,028, issued on March 11, was assigned to Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Azabicyclo and diazepine derivatives" was invented by David Ellis (Durham, N.C.) and Howard Allen Ketelson (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides in one aspect azabicyclo and diazepine derivatives useful as modulators of muscarinic receptors. In another aspect, the present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions for treating ocular diseases, the compositions comprising at least one muscarinic receptor modulator."

The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/524,807.

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