ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,385, issued on May 26, was assigned to Sentonix Inc. (Arlington, Mass.).

"Selective ligands for tau aggregates" was invented by Daniel Dungan Sohn (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide or carbamate thereof, or a salt of such an ester, amide or carbamate. The invention further provides uses of the compounds of formula (I) and compositions comprising compounds of formula (I), including the use of such compounds for the detection of tau deposits, and the use of such compounds and compositions as diagnostic agents in the diagnosis or ...