ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,583, issued on June 30, was assigned to HENAN GENUINE BIOTECH Co. LTD. (Pingdingshan, China).

"Method for preventing or treating a cornavirus infectious disease" was invented by Junbiao Chang (Pingdingshan, China), Jinfa Du (Pingdingshan, China), Jiandong Jiang (Pingdingshan, China) and Yuhuan Li (Pingdingshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for preventing or treating a coronavirus infectious disease, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a compound represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts t...