ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,679, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Cura Therapeutics LLC (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Sulfone compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their therapeutic applications" was invented by Nazneen Dewji (San Diego), Darryl Rideout (Milford, Pa.) and Gerard Rosse (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are sulfone compounds, for example, a compound of Formula A, or an enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, a mixture of two or more diastereomers, a tautomer, a mixture of two or more tautomers, or an isotopic variant thereof; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, or prodrug thereof; and pharm...