ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,753, issued on June 9, was assigned to Shanghai Senhui Medicine Co. Ltd. (Shanghai), Shanghai Shengdi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. (Lianyungang, China).

"Inositol derivative and use thereof" was invented by Lianshan Zhang (Jiangsu, China), Jian Huang (Shanghai), Lingjian Zhu (Shanghai), Yinggang Tang (Shanghai), Qi Huang (Shanghai) and Jia Meng (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Involved are an inositol derivative and a use thereof. Specifically, provided is a compound, said compound includes two or many parts, as represented by formula (D), connected via a common central linker...