ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,176, issued on July 29, was assigned to Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).

"Methods of use for KV7 channel activators" was invented by Michael E. Bozik (Pittsburgh), Steven Dworetzky (Jefferson Hills, Pa.), Kelly Picchione (Pittsburgh), Gregory Hebrank (Greensburg, Pa.) and Thomas Petzinger Jr. (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of such compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and methods of treating neurodevelopmental diseases or disorders ...