US Patent Issued to Merck Sharp & Dohme on July 28 for "Substituted ureas as orexin receptor agonists" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,262, issued on July 28, was assigned to Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (Rahway, N.J.).

"Substituted ureas as orexin receptor agonists" was invented by Kira A. Armacost (Doylestown, Pa.), Maria Irina Chiriac (Hatfield, Pa.), Danielle M. Hurzy (Garnet Valley, Pa.), Jeffrey C. Kern (Gilbertsville, Pa.), Jian Liu (Edison, N.J.), Peter J. Manley (Harleysville, Pa.), Philippe Nantermet (Lansdale, Pa.), Vanessa L. Rada (Glenside, Pa.), Michael T. Rudd (Collegeville, Pa.) and Craig A. Stump (Pottstown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to urea compounds of formula(s)which are agonists of orexin receptors. The pres...