US Patent Issued to The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars, And The Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin on Jan. 13 for "Compounds for use in the treatment of liver disease" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,631, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Provost, Fellows, Foundation Scholars, And The Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin (Dublin).

"Compounds for use in the treatment of liver disease" was invented by John Gilmer (Dublin) and Jason Gavin (Kildare, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bile acid derivatives, methods of manufacture thereof, and uses thereof are disclosed herein. The bile acid derivatives have demonstrated potential as therapeutics for treating liver disease."

The patent was filed on Aug. 14, 2020, under Application No. 17/630,291.

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