US Patent Issued to MannKind on July 29 for "Method and composition for treating obesity" (California, Connecticut, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,137, issued on July 29, was assigned to MannKind Corp. (Danbury, Conn.).

"Method and composition for treating obesity" was invented by Michael Castagna (Westlake Village, Calif.), David Kendall (Westlake Village, Calif.), Kelly Kraft (Poughquag, N.Y.), Chad C. Smutney (Watertown, Conn.) and Marshall Grant (Newtown, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating obesity associated to Prader Willi Syndrome and/or binge eating is disclosed. The method utilizes a rapid drug delivery system which delivers small molecules and peptides to the lungs by oral inhalation."

The patent was filed on April 25, 2019, under Application N...