ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,134, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"N-1 branched cycloalkyl substituted imidazo[4,5-cquinoline compounds, compositions, and methods" was invented by George W. Griesgraber (Eagan, Minn.), Hannah C. Cohen (St. Paul, Minn.) and Jana Ninkovic (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Imidazo[4,5-c]quinoline compounds having a substituent that is attached at the N-1 position by a branched group, single enantiomers of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of making the compounds are disclosed. Methods of use of the compounds as i...