ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,856, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Compass Pathfinder Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).

"Psilocybin compositions, methods of making and methods of using the same" was invented by David Philip Elder (Hertfordshire, Great Britain) and Nigel Richardson (Stevenage, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of psilocybin and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. Methods of making such compositions and use thereof in treating depressive disorders are also disclosed."

The patent was filed on March 30, 2022, under ...