ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,855, issued on July 14, was assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Inhibitors of the enzyme enolase for precision oncology" was invented by Florian Muller (Houston), Victoria Yan (Houston), Kristine Yang (Houston), Elliot Ballato (Houston) and Cong-dat Pham (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds of the formula: wherein the variables are defined herein. The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds disclosed herein as well as methods of treatment using the compounds and/or compositions disclosed herein. Such compounds and...