ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,611, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CHORDA PHARMA INC. (Roanoke, Va.).

"Stable forms of capsaicin palmitate for the treatment of pain" was invented by Victor Iannello (Roanoke, Va.), Richard D. Carliss (Roanoke, Va.) and Stephan Xander Mattheus Boerrigter (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are solid forms containing a compound of formula (I):a solvate, hydrate or isotope thereof, wherein the solid form is characterized by an X-ray powder diffraction pattern having at least one peak position, in degrees 2Theta (plus-minus0.2deg), selected from 5.48, 13.74, 19.22 and 20.06. Also disclosed herein are...