ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,275, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Novartis AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Compounds and compositions for the treatment of coronaviral related diseases" was invented by Denghui Bao (Changshu, China), Fengfeng Guo (Nantong, China), Matthew James Hesse (Pittsburgh), Viktor Hornak (Arlington, Mass.), Sajan Joseph (Sudbury, Mass.), Thomas Martin Kirrane Jr. (San Ramon, Calif.), Haiyao Lin (Minhang, China), Bo Liu (Pudong New Area, China), Yanan Miao (Changshu, China), Heinz Ernst Moser (San Mateo, Calif.), Julien Papillon (Somerville, Mass.), Yang Qu (Changshu, China), Lei Shi (Changshu, China), Jun Yuan (Boston) and Teng Zhang (Pudong New Area, China).

According to the abstract* rel...