ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,275, issued on April 7, was assigned to ASCENTAWITS PHARMACEUTICALS LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Fluorine-containing compound and anti-cancer medical use thereof" was invented by Jianxin Duan (Shenzhen, China), Anrong Li (Shenzhen, China), Fanying Meng (San Francisco) and Xiaohong Cai (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a fluorine-containing compound shown in Formula II/III and its anti-cancer medical use. The present application creatively introduced the fluorine-containing groups such as special trifluoromethyl groups, fluorine-substituted aryl groups, or heteroaryl groups at special positions (such as the posi...