ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,226, issued on May 13, was assigned to Gilead Sciences Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).
"Compounds and methods for treatment of viral infections" was invented by Elaine Bunyan (San Francisco), Byoung-Kwon Chun (Pleasanton, Calif.), Kassibla E. Dempah (San Francisco), Hon C Hui (San Mateo, Calif.), Rao V. Kalla (Cupertino, Calif.) and Richard L. Mackman (Millbrae, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds and methods of using said compounds, singly or in combination with additional agents, and salts, crystalline forms, pharmaceutical compositions of said compounds for the treatment of viral infections are disclosed."
The patent was ...