ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,727, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GENETIC S.P.A. (Castel San Giorgio SA, Italy).

"Montelukast salts and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same" was invented by Giuseppe Caliendo (Marigliano, Italy), Giuseppe Cirino (Naples, Italy), Ferdinando Fiorino (Benevento, Italy), Francesco Frecentese (Aversa, Italy), Marcelo Nicolas Muscara' (Campinas, Brazil), Elisa Perissutti (Venafro, Italy), Antonio Petti (Battipaglia, Italy), Fiorentina Roviezzo (Bonea, Italy), Vincenzo Santagada (Naples, Italy) and Beatrice Severino (Mugnano di Napoli, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to salts of Monteluka...