ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,174, issued on July 29, was assigned to Chinook Therapeutics Inc. (Seattle).

"Methods of improving renal function" was invented by Philip Thomas Frohlich (Vancouver, Canada), Andrew James King (Dublin, Calif.), Chidambaram Ramachandran (Vancouver, Canada) and Sarah Beth Noonberg (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of improving kidney function in a subject in need thereof."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2024, under Application No. 18/990,351.

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