ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,398, issued on June 3, was assigned to Tarapeutics Science Inc. (Anhui, China).

"MST1 kinase inhibitor and use thereof" was invented by Qingsong Liu (Anhui, China), Jing Liu (Anhui, China), Yun Wu (Anhui, China), Wenliang Wang (Anhui, China), Beilei Wang (Anhui, China), ZiPing Qi (Anhui, China), Junjie Wang (Anhui, China), Wenchao Wang (Anhui, China), Shuang Qi (Anhui, China) and Li Wang (Anhui, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a kinase inhibitor, comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, acid, metabolite, or prodrug thereof. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composi...