ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,949, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Pyrazolyl pyrimidinone compounds and the uses thereof" was invented by Daniel P. Flaherty (West Lafayette, Ind.), Richard M. van Rijn (West Lafayette, Calif.), Val J. Watts (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Jason A Scott (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of treatment for chronic pain, opioid dependence, alcohol use disorder or autism using a class of pyrimidinone compounds, an adenylyl cyclase 1 (AC1) inhibitor. The invention described herein also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions a...