US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 15 for "Cobalt-porphyrin complexes for the inactivation of the biological activity of opioids" (Virginia, Louisiana, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,146, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Cobalt-porphyrin complexes for the inactivation of the biological activity of opioids" was invented by Okhil Nag (Alexandria, Va.), D. Andrew Knight (New Orleans) and James B. Delehanty (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cobalt-loaded porphyrin complex, comprising the porphyrin (meso-tri(4-sulfonatophenyl) mono(4-carboxyphenyl)porphine (C1S3TPP)) with coordinated with cobalt, effectively neutralizes the biological activity of opioids."

The patent was filed on Feb. 22, 2022...