US Patent Issued to BASF AS on Nov. 18 for "Aromatic compounds and pharmaceutical uses thereof" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,249, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BASF AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Aromatic compounds and pharmaceutical uses thereof" was invented by Tore Skjaeret (Oslo, Norway), David Alan Fraser (Blommenholm, Norway) and Hilde Hermansen Steineger (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to compounds of the general formula (I):wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 may be chosen from different substituents; n is 0, 1, or 2; and X is a hydroxymethyl or a carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, such as a carboxylate, such as a carboxylic ester, a glyceride, an anhydride, a phospholipid, a carboxamide, a phospholipi...