ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,302, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CDRD VENTURES INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Somatostatin receptor antagonist compounds and methods of using the same" was invented by Stephen Paul Arns (North Vancouver, Canada), James Brian Jaquith (Cobourg, Canada), Davy Jeremy Baudelet (Vancouver, Canada), Eric Roy Simonson (Vancouver, Canada), Richard Tom Liggins (Coquitlam, Canada), Nag Sharwan Kumar (Surrey, Canada) and Tom Han Hsiao Hsieh (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to somatostatin receptor antagonist compounds having the structure of Formula I:compositions comprising the same, and metho...