ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,262, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to AIC246 AG & Co. KG (Wuppertal, Germany).

"Potassium salt of 2-[(4S)-8-fluoro-2-[4-(3-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-yl-3-[2-methoxy-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl-4H-quinazolin-4-ylacetic acid" was invented by Helmut Buschmann (Aachen, Germany), Thomas Goldner (Velbert, Germany) and Jordi Carles Ceron Bertran (La Pobla de Montornes, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to potassium salt of 2-[(4S)-8-fluoro-2-[4-(3-methoxyphenyl)-piperazin-1-yl]-3-[2-methoxy-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4H-quinazolin-4-yl]acetic acid and solvates thereof. The invention further relates to methods ...