US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on Nov. 18 for "Therapeutic compounds and methods of use thereof" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,313, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Therapeutic compounds and methods of use thereof" was invented by Samuel Dudley (Minneapolis), Gunda Ingrid Georg (Minneapolis), Sudhakar Jakkaraj (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 salt thereof, wherein A, B, R1, R2, R3 and X have any of the values described in the specification, as well as compositions comprising a compound of formula I. The compounds are useful as therapeutic agents for treating diastolic dysfunction."

The patent was fi...