US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on April 1 for "Compounds and methods for treating fibrotic pathologies" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,163, issued on April 1, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Compounds and methods for treating fibrotic pathologies" was invented by Daniel J. Tschumperlin (Rochester, Minn.) and Andrew J. Haak (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides methods for treating or preventing diseases and conditions associated with tissue fibrosis."

The patent was filed on July 29, 2020, under Application No. 17/625,244.

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