ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,235, issued on May 13, was assigned to REALTA HOLDINGS LLC (Norfolk, Va.).

"Synthetic peptide compounds and methods of use" was invented by Neel K. Krishna (Norfolk, Va.) and Kenji Cunnion (Norfolk, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides synthetic peptide compounds and uses thereof for therapy and diagnostics of complement-mediated diseases, such as inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, and microbial and bacterial infections; and non-complement-mediated diseases, such cystic fibrosis and various acute diseases. The invention is directed to modifications of a synthetic peptide of 15 amino acids from th...