ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,353, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FLAMMA SPA (Chignolo d'Isola, Italy).

"Process for the purification of (R)-2-amino-3-phenylpropyl carbamate" was invented by Francesco Chiesa (Ceranova, Italy), Leila Vahdati (Isso, Italy), Mario Scotti (Abbiategrasso, Italy), Daniela Comi (Cisano Bergamasco, Italy), Paolo Cremonesi (Melzo, Italy), Maria Argese (Sedriano, Italy), Massimo Verzini (Caldiero, Italy) and Wei He (Dalian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the purification of (R)-2-amino-3-phenylpropyl carbamate in perspective of the subsequent conversion in the corresponding HCl salt ...