ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,241, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, Ore.) and The United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Bisphosphonate-linked compounds" was invented by Raymond Bergan (Portland, Ore.), Ryan Gordon (Portland, Ore.) and Abhinandan Pattanayak (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns novel compounds useful in the treatment of cancer, particularly including compounds linking a bisphosphonate moiety with KBU2046, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, co-crystals, polymorphs, solvates, hydrates, and enantiomers t...