ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,715, issued on July 21, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Compositions, methods of treatment, and containers including compositions" was invented by Anuj Chauhan (Gainesville, Fla.) and Phillip J. Dixon (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions for treatment of cystinosis, products for administering eye drops, and products for storing contact lenses are provided. Compositions include solutions that can contain an effective amount of cysteamine to treat cystinosis, and an oil with a lower density than the solution. Also provided is a product including a bottle for...