ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,650, issued on July 22, was assigned to ENGRAIL THERAPEUTICS INC. (San Diego).

"Deuterated organic compounds and uses thereof" was invented by Krishna Vadodaria (San Diego), Kimberly Vanover (Tulsa, Okla.), Vikram Sudarsan (San Diego) and David Garvey (Dover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are compounds of Formula I and Formula II, described herein, processes for their preparation, their use as pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and intermediates used in their preparation. Compounds of Formula I and Formula II are useful, for instance, in modulating dopamine and serotonin neurotransmission...