ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,628, issued on March 24, was assigned to OLATEC THERAPEUTICS INC. (New York).

"Methods for treating breast cancer" was invented by Charles A. Dinarello (Boulder, Colo.) and Isak Tengesdal (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a method of treating breast cancer. The method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of dapansutrile, or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate thereof. The method optionally comprises further administering to the subject an effective amount of a checkpoint inhibitor."

The patent was filed on April 13, 2022, under Application No. 17/659,12...