US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY on Nov. 4 for "Mitochondrial therapeutic agents" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,910, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Mitochondrial therapeutic agents" was invented by Omar Khdour (Phoenix), Sidney Hecht (Phoenix), Jun Liu (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Indrajit Bandyopadhyay (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 has any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula (I). The compounds are useful as cytoprotective agents."

The patent was filed on Sept. 14, 2021, unde...