ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,956, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CALISTA CAPITAL LLC (New York).

"Method for smoking cessation" was invented by Karen Glassman Brown (New York) and Yasmin Aga Khan (Park City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a subject for smoking cessation including periodically administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of cefdinir to treat the subject. Cefdinir for use in treating a subject for smoking cessation. A pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically effective amount of cefdinir for use in treating a subject for smoking cessation."

The patent was filed on March 26, 2021, u...