ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,467, issued on March 18, was assigned to Espervita Therapeutics Inc. (Saline, Mich.).

"Functionalized long-chain hydrocarbon mono- and di-carboxylic acids and their use for the prevention or treatment of disease" was invented by Daniela Carmen Oniciu (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides compounds of Formulae (IA), (IB), (IC), (ID), (IE), (IF), (IG), (IH), (IJ), (IK), (IL), (II), (III), (IIIA), and (IIIB); pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof; and compositions thereof. This invention further provides methods for treating a disease, including but not limited to, liver disease or a...