ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,215, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Immunophotonics Inc (St. Louis).

"Chitosan-derived compositions" was invented by Tomas Hode (St. Louis), Robert E. Nordquist (Oklahoma City), Wei R. Chen (Edmond, Okla.), Raoul Carubelli (Oklahoma City), Luciano Alleruzzo (Ballwin, Mo.), Peter Jenkins (Lawndale, N.C.), Kristopher Waynant (Olympia, Wash.) and Joseph Raker (Delmar, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Therapeutic compositions comprising chitosan-derived compositions are useful agents when administered in connection with methods for treating neoplasms, such as for instance, malignant lung, thyroid and kidney neoplasms, and other ty...