ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,495, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BIOPHYTIS (Paris) and SORBONNE UNIVERSITE (Paris).

"Phytoecdysones and derivatives thereof for use in treating disordered respiratory function on viral infection" was invented by Pierre Dilda (Paris), Rene Lafont (Paris), Stanislas Veillet (Savigny sur Orge, France), Samuel Agus (Cambridge, Mass.), Waly Dioh (Bretigny sur Orge, France), Serge Camelo (La Plaine Saint-Denis, France), Mathilde Latil (Paris), Mounia Chabane De Saint Aubin (Paris) and Cendrine Tourette (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are phytoecdysones and semisynthetic derivatives of phytoecdysones, intended to be u...