ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,893, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Tosk Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Methods and compositions for maximizing the prevention and/or reduction of various maladies and drug side-effects using uridine" was invented by William A. Garland (Mountain View, Calif.), Brian D. Frenzel (Mountain View, Calif.) and Philip Liaw (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for improving the therapeutic effectiveness of uridine administered to prevent and/or reduce various maladies including adverse event from drugs are provided. Aspects of the methods include administering an effective amount of a uridine maximizing adjuvant, e....