ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,237, issued on Sept. 29.

"Pyrazolyl compounds as KV7 channel activators" was invented by Lynn Resnick (Pittsburgh), James S. Hale (Pittsburgh), Charles A. Flentge (Mars, Pa.), Suman Pathi (Pittsburgh), Isis J. Amaye (Pittsburgh) and David A. Mareska (McMurray, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are optionally substituted pyrazolylacetamides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of such compounds and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and methods of treating diseases or disorders, such as, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, various types of pain, hyperexcitability, a dy...