ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,847, issued on March 24, was assigned to UNIMATEC Co. LTD. (Japan).

"Fluorinated pyrimidine compound and method for producing same" was invented by Junya Seino (Kitaibaraki, Japan), Rie Aotsu (Kitaibaraki, Japan) and Keisuke Kokin (Kitaibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluorinated pyrimidine compound represented by the following general formula (1a) or (1b):wherein R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R2 represents a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, -CnF2n+1, a nitro group, a boronic acid group, a cyano group, -OA1, -OlSOmA1, -NA1A2, -OlCOOA1, or -OlCONA1A2, A1 an...