ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,276, issued on April 7, was assigned to ViiV Healthcare UK (No. 5) Ltd. (Stevenage, Great Britain).

"Inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus replication" was invented by Manoj Patel (Branford, Conn.), Kyle E. Parcella (Branford, Conn.), Eric P. Gillis (Branford, Conn.) and B Narasimhulu Naidu (Branford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound of Formula (I), including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions and methods for treatment or prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are set forth. Novel inhibitors of HIV, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for ...