US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on April 22 for "Contraceptive compounds and methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,105, issued on April 22, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Contraceptive compounds and methods" was invented by Ingrid Gunda Georg (Minneapolis) and Narsihmulu Cheryala (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, solvate, or prodrug thereof, wherein R1-R6 have any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula (I). The compounds are useful as contraceptive agents."

The patent was filed on Aug. 11, 2023, under Application No. 18/233,090.

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