ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 20 -- Acorda Therapeutics, Ardsley, New York, has been assigned a patent (9,468,671) developed by five co-inventors for "compositions and methods for promoting neuronal outgrowth." The co-inventors are Elliott A. Gruskin, Malvern, Pennsylvania, Jennifer F. Iaci, Boonton, New Jersey, Andrea M. Vecchione, Mount Vernon, New York, Sarah J. Kasperbauer, Cortlandt Manor, New York, and Gargi Roy, Boyds, Maryland.

The patent application was filed on June 27, 2014 (14 . . .