ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,478, issued on June 23, was assigned to Altos Labs Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"ATF6 modulators and uses thereof" was invented by Brahmam Pujala (Greater Noida, India), Balaji Dashrath Sathe (Greater Noida, India), Sebastian Bernales (San Francisco), Gonzalo Andres Ureta Diaz (Santiago, Chile) and Sebastian Belmar (Santiago, Chile).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds (1-2) as modulators of Activating Transcription Factor 6 (ATF6) are provided. The compounds may find use as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases or disorders mediated by ATF6 and may find particular use in the treatment of viral infections, neurodegenera...