US Patent Issued to The United States of Americas, as represented by The Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services, University of Tennessee Research Foundation on Aug. 25 for "Margaric acid decreases PIEZ02-mediated pain" (Maryland, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,688, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The United States of Americas, as represented by The Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.) and University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tenn.).

"Margaric acid decreases PIEZ02-mediated pain" was invented by Alexander Theodore Chesler (Bethesda, Md.), Valeria Vasquez (Germantown, Tenn.), Julio Francisco Cordero-Morales (Germantown, Tenn.), Luis Octavio Romero (Memphis, Tenn.), Kaining Zhi (Memphis, Tenn.) and Harry Kochat (Piperton, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a method of treating pain by administering to a subject in need of tr...