ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,326, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Burnaby, Canada).

"Method for treating epilepsy" was invented by Robin Paul Sherrington (North Vancouver, Canada), Jean-Jacques Alexandre Cadieux (Burnaby, Canada), Parisa Karimi Tari (Vancouver, Canada) and Jeffrey Paul Bechard (Surrey, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to methods and uses for treating a mammal having an epileptic seizure disorder or being at risk for having an epileptic seizure disorder, comprising administering certain herein disclosed isolated fenfluramine enantiomers that are surpris...