ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,904, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DILAFOR AB (Solna, Sweden).

"Medical use of tafoxiparin" was invented by Lena Degling-Wikingsson (Spanga, Sweden) and Gunvor Ekman-Ordeberg (Danderyd, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to tafoxiparin for use in the spontaneous onset of labor in a term pregnant woman, wherein tafoxiparin is administered in a daily dose of 30-320 mg per day."

The patent was filed on Feb. 4, 2025, under Application No. 19/045,102.

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