US Patent Issued to United Therapeutics on Aug. 4 for "Treatment for interstitial lung disease" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,315, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to United Therapeutics Corp. (Silver Spring, Md.).

"Treatment for interstitial lung disease" was invented by Leigh Peterson (Hillsborough, N.C.), Peter Smith (Durham, N.C.) and Chunqin Deng (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating of interstitial lung disease, reducing pulmonary function decline in a subject with interstitial lung disease (ILD), and increasing forced vital capacity (FVC) in a subject suffering from ILD are provided, wherein the methods include administration of treprostinil."

The patent was filed on Dec. 15, 2025, under Application No. 19/420,084.

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