ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,136, issued on June 16, was assigned to Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany).

"Dioxane derivatives" was invented by Roland Pfau (Mittelbiberach, Germany), Georg Dahmann (Biberach an der Riss, Germany), Johann Faustus Du Hoffmann (Biberach an der Riss, Germany), Kai Gerlach (Mittelbiberach, Germany), Riccardo Giovannini (Biberach an der Riss, Germany), Christoph Hohn (Freiburg, Germany), Stefan Just (Biberach an der Riss, Germany), Thorsten Lehmann (Biberach an der Riss, Germany), Anton Pekcec (Biberach an der Riss, Germany), Julia Schlichtiger (Biberach an der Riss, Germany), Heiko Sommer (Warthausen, Germany) and Christian Specker (Hochdorf, Germa...