ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,386, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Shanghai Shijiang Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and use thereof" was invented by Yufeng Shi (Nanjing, China), Wenjiang Ma (Nanjing, China), Gang Pei (Nanjing, China), Peng Xia (Nanjing, China) and Yingcai Wang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and the use thereof. Specifically, provided is a compound of formula I or an optical isomer thereof, or a racemate thereof, or a solvate thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a deuterated compound t...