ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,696, issued on July 22, was assigned to JAK Slave Pty Ltd (Surrrey Hills, Australia).
"Treatment of autoimmune disease" was invented by Rodney Sinclair (East Melbourne, Australia) and Yuk-Shui Andrew Lau (Doncaster, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and of excessive hair shedding or hair loss in a subject or for promoting hair growth in a subject wherein the subject has an autoimmune hair loss disorder, such as alopecia areata. The methods and compositions comprise the administration of a janus kinase inhibitor, such as tofacitin...