US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO on May 19 for "Structural analogues of methylphenidate as Parkinson's disease-modifying agents" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,359, issued on May 19, was assigned to UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BRESCIA (Brescia, Italy) and UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO (Milan).

"Structural analogues of methylphenidate as Parkinson's disease-modifying agents" was invented by Arianna Bellucci (Pralboino, Italy), Francesca Longhena (Nuvolento, Italy), Ermanno Valoti (Dalmine, Italy), Valentina Straniero (Merate, Italy) and Andrea Casiraghi (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes compounds of formula (A) for use as Parkinson's disease modifying-agents, said formula (A). Surprisingly it has been found that the compounds of the invention can signifi...