ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,712, issued on April 14, was assigned to Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Amino-pyrimidine amides" was invented by Angelica Beurier (Courtavon, France), Michail Konstantinos Bogdos (Oberengstringen, Switzerland), Luke Green (Basel, Switzerland), Christian Kramer (Loerrach, Germany), Dmitry Mazunin (Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany), Emmanuel Pinard (Lindsdorf, France) and Hasane Ratni (Habsheim, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I)wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds."

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