US Patent Issued to THERA VANCE BIOPHARMA R&D IP on April 29 for "Methods for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,417, issued on April 29, was assigned to THERA VANCE BIOPHARMA R&D IP LLC (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Methods for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" was invented by Christopher Noel Barnes (South San Francisco, Calif.), Glenn D. Crater (South San Francisco, Calif.), Edmund J. Moran (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Srikanth Pendyala (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a patient are disclosed. In the methods, a patient having COPD is selected for treatment based on the patient's peak inspiratory flow rate (PIFR) and percent pre...