ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,127, issued on Oct. 20.
"Anti-viral compounds and methods for screening same and treating viral infections" was invented by Ming-Hung Hou (Taichung City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a compound of formula (I), where R1 to R4 are as defined herein, and a method for treating a viral infection in a subject in need thereof by administering with the compound. Also provided is a method for screening a compound capable of inhibiting activities of a coronavirus in a host cell, including identifying a compound that modulates a non-native protein-protein interaction in coronaviral nucleocapsid (N) proteins."
The patent wa...