ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,328, issued on May 27, was assigned to Emory University (Atlanta) and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc. (Atlanta).

"Pyrazoline dihydroquinolones, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses" was invented by Timothy M. Acker (San Francisco), Dennis C. Liotta (Atlanta), Stephen F. Traynelis (Decatur, Ga.) and Yao Jing (Dunwoody, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to pyrazoline dihydroquinolone derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses. In certain embodiments, the compounds are selective NMDA receptor inhibitors and are useful in therapeutic methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, this disclosure ...