US Patent Issued to H. Lundbeck on Dec. 30 for "Alcohol derivatives as Kv7 potassium channel openers for use in epilepsy or seizures" (Danish, Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,239, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to H. Lundbeck A/S (Valby, Denmark).

"Alcohol derivatives as Kv7 potassium channel openers for use in epilepsy or seizures" was invented by Anette Graven Sams (Vaerlose, Denmark), Mario Rottlander (Greve, Denmark), Xiaofang Wang (Shanghai), Debasis Das (Shanghai), Jian Hong (Shanghai), Shu Hui Chen (Calabasas, Calif.), Jesper Frank Bastlund (Valby, Denmark), Jelena Ivkovic (Valby, Denmark), Karina Krojer Soby (Valby, Denmark) and Morten Grupe Larsen (Valby, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides novel compounds (e.g., compounds of Formula I) which activate the Kv7 po...