ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,470, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Acurx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Staten Island, N.Y.).

"DNA polymerase IIIC inhibitors and use thereof" was invented by Xiang Y. Yu (Acton, Mass.), Li H. Xing (Lexington, Mass.), Minghua Wang (Acton, Mass.), Casey McComas (Phoenixville, Pa.), Michael Silverman (Marblehead, Mass.) and Richard Soll (Middleton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I):and methods useful for inhibiting the DNA polymerase IIIC enzyme. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of the present invention and methods of using...