ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,208, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS LTD (Allschwil, Switzerland).

"(2-acetamidyl)thio-beta-D-galactopyranoside derivatives" was invented by Martin Bolli (Allschwil, Switzerland), Daniel Bur (Therwil, Switzerland), John Gatfield (Allschwil, Switzerland), Corinna Grisostomi (Allschwil, Switzerland), Lubos Remen (Allschwil, Switzerland) and Cornelia Zumbrunn (Allschwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I)wherein Ar1, R1, R2a, R2b, and R3 are as described in the description, their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to...