ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,744, issued on April 14, was assigned to NIPPON SHINYAKU Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Method for producing oligonucleic acid compound" was invented by Yutaro Kotobuki (Tsukuba, Japan) and Koki Kato (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for producing a compound represented by general formula [C-1-1], which comprises: a step for reacting a compound represented by general formula [B-1-1] with a compound represented by general formula [P] to form a compound represented by general formula [B-1-2]; and a step for reacting the compound represented by general formula [B-1-2] with a compound re...