ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,855, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TONIX PHARMA Ltd. (Dublin) and AARHUS UNIVERSITY (Aarhus, Denmark).

"Labeled oxytocin and method of manufacture and use" was invented by Steen Jakobsen (Risskov, Denmark), Michael Winterdahl (Risskov, Denmark), Erik Nguyen Nielsen (Aarhus V, Denmark), David C. Yeomans (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Dean Carson (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are 13N-oxytocin molecules, methods of manufacture of 13N-oxytocin molecules and methods of use of 13N-oxytocin molecules in the determination of the distribution and kinetics of 13N-oxytocin molecules after craniofacial or other applic...