ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,092, issued on March 31, was assigned to GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY (Nathan, Australia).

"Antiviral agents and uses thereof" was invented by Mark Von Itzstein (Palm Beach, Australia), Ibrahim El-Deeb (Runaway Bay, Australia), Patrice Guillon (Southport, Australia) and Larissa Heilig (Burleigh Waters, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound. In Formula (I), R3 is selected from the group consisting of:wherein rings W, X, Y and Z may relate to various heterocyclic, heteroaryl, cy...