ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,428, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ARIVA MED GMBH (Vienna).

"12-epi-mutilin compounds and uses thereof" was invented by Rosemarie Riedl (Vienna), Susanne Paukner (Vienna), Wolfgang Wicha (Bruck an der Leitha, Austria), Klaus Thirring (Vienna), Dirk Strickmann (Purkersdorf, Austria) and Michael Hafner (Vienna).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is wherein A is hydrogen atom or a (C1-6)alkyl, and wherein any Q is independently from each other a nitrogen atom or CH, wherein R2 is the compound for use as a medicament and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound as well as a method of tre...