ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,549, issued on May 20, was assigned to University of Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.) and University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen K, Denmark).

"Methods of treating or inhibiting onset of Huntington's disease" was invented by Steven A. Goldman (Webster, N.Y.) and Mikhail Osipovitch (Frederiksberg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure herein relates generally to a method of treating or inhibiting onset of Huntington's disease. This method involves selecting a subject having or at risk of having Huntington's disease and administering to the subject one or modulators of one or more genes as described herein, or proteins encoded ...