ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,413, issued on April 29, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).
"Compounds and methods for treating cancer" was invented by John A. Copland III (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Han W. Tun (Jacksonville, Fla.), Thomas R. Caulfield (Jacksonville, Fla.), Christina Von Roemeling (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Laura Ann Marlow (Jacksonville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document provides compounds, compositions, and methods for treating cancers including renal cancer (e.g., renal cell carcinoma) as well as ovarian, breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, bladder, liver, lung, and thyroid cancers...