US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Sept. 9 for "Modified glucocorticoids" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,209, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Modified glucocorticoids" was invented by Thomas J. Slaga (San Antonio), Daniel Glade (San Antonio), Anna Mancha Ramirez (San Antonio), Huiyun Liang (San Antonio) and Rita Ghosh (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain embodiments are directed to modified glucocorticoid compounds having one or both of (i) a substitution of a halogen for the 11 hydroxy and/or (ii) reduction of the bond between carbon 4 and carbon 5 of the A ring."

The patent was filed on June 29, 2021, under Application No. 17/362,440.

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