ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,901, issued on July 15, was assigned to Autifony Therapeutics Ltd. (Stevenage, Great Britain).

"KV3 modulators" was invented by Giuseppe Alvaro (Stevenage, Great Britain) and Agostino Marasco (Stevenage, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a compound of formula (I)Wherein R1 is H or methyl, R2 and R3 are both methyl, or R2 and R3, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, are a spirocyclopropyl ring, R4 is methyl or ethyl, R5 is H or methyl, or R4 and R5, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form a C3-C4 spiro carbocyclyl. Also disclosed are methods for treating and/or preven...