ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,825, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland), The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Washington).

"Compositions and methods for the treatment of ocular disorders" was invented by Gregory Tochtrop (Cleveland), Philip Kiser (Cleveland), Jianye Zhang (Cleveland) and Krzysztof Palczewski (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating an ocular disorder in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of for...