ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,801, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Indazole derivatives" was invented by Cosimo Dolente (Allschwil, Switzerland), Annick Goergler (Colmar, France), David Stephen Hewings (Abingdon, Great Britain), Georg Jaeschke (Basel, Switzerland), Christa Ulrike Obst-Sander (Reinach, Switzerland) and Antonio Ricci (Biel-Benken, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as described herein. The compound of formula (I) can be used as a medicament."

The ...