ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,617, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York) and The United States Government as Represented by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Oxygen-containing heterocyclic compound and use thereof" was invented by Richard T. Beresis (San Francisco), John Cijiang He (Forest Hills, N.Y.) and Kyung Lee (Bronx, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an oxygen-containing heterocyclic compound, and use thereof. The present disclosure provides an oxygen-containing heterocyclic compound represented by Formula I, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, deuterated derivative thereof, ...