ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,779, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Aligos Therapeutics Inc. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Bicyclic compounds" was invented by Sandrine Vendeville (Brussels), David McGowan (Brussels), Yannick Debing (Bilzen, Belgium) and Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson (Wavre, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions that include a compound described herein (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of a compound described herein) and methods of synthesizing the same. Also provided herein are methods of treating diseases ...