ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,699, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property (No.3) Ltd. (Stevenage, Great Britain).

"Compositions and methods for treatment of hepatitis D virus infection" was invented by Ronald Cornelis Marie Kalmeijer (Titusville, N.J.), Michael Biermer (Berlin), Oliver Lenz (Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium), Maria Gloria Beumont (Titusville, N.J.), Heather Lynn Davis (Schilde, Belgium) and Thomas Naoki Kakuda (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are RNA interference (RNAi) agents for treating a Hepatitis D Virus (HDV) infection in a subject in need thereof."

The patent was filed on June 22, 20...