ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,454, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to IDEAYA Biosciences Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Thiadiazolyl derivatives" was invented by Paul A. Barsanti (South San Francisco, Calif.), Hilary Plake Beck (South San Francisco, Calif.), Melissa Fleury (South San Francisco, Calif.), John E. Knox (South San Francisco, Calif.), Ethan DeNardo McSpadden (South San Francisco, Calif.), Brian Thomas Jones (South San Francisco, Calif.), Luisruben P. Martinez (South San Francisco, Calif.), Zhonghua Pei (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Chenbo Wang (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are certain thiadiazol...