ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,681, issued on April 8, was assigned to Kartos Therapeutics Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Methods of treating myeloproliferative neoplasms" was invented by Wayne Rothbaum (Delray Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Therapeutic methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), including polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and myelofibrosis, are described. In certain embodiments, the invention includes therapeutic methods of treating a MPN using a combination of a compound of Formula (I) or Formula (II) with a therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of a JA...