ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,408, issued on July 29, was assigned to NEXYS THERAPEUTICS INC. (San Diego).

"Aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonists and uses thereof" was invented by Tom Yao-Hsiang Wu (San Diego) and Qihui Jin (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compounds of Formula (I):as further described herein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, as well as methods of using these compounds to modulate the activity of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and to treat conditions comprising inflammation inside the intestinal tract and certain disorders of the central nervous system affected by the...