ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,162, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to NIPPON SODA Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Method for producing 2-heteroarylpyridine compound" was invented by Shinichi Kobayashi (Takaoka, Japan) and Hirokazu Matsuda (Takaoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for producing a compound represented by formula (3) (in the formula, Q, R1 and R2 are the same as those in formula (1) and formula (2)), comprising chemically reacting a compound represented by formula (1) (in the formula, Q represents a substituted or unsubstituted 5- to 6-membered or 9- to 10-membered heteroaryl group, and R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group)...