US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Jan. 20 for "Thiosemicarbazone compounds and uses thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,774, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Thiosemicarbazone compounds and uses thereof" was invented by Caius G. Radu (Los Angeles), Michael E. Jung (Los Angeles), Daniel Sun (Los Angeles), Nagichettiar Satyamurthy (Los Angeles), Juno Van Valkenburgh (Los Angeles), Roy Pan (Los Angeles) and Soumya Poddar (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided, inter alia, are thiosemicarbazone compounds, metal complexes of thiosemicarbazone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for treating cancer."

The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2020, under Application No. 1...