ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,773, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Baden-Wurttemberg Stiftung GmbH (Stuttgart, Del.).

"Flavi-block: a pan-flavivirus inhibitor" was invented by Michael Schindler (Reutlingen, Germany), Marcel Gunther (Tubingen, Germany), Kamyar Hadian (Munich), Marcos Vinicius Pereira Gondim (Sicklerville, N.J.), Natalia Ruetalo Buschinger (Tubingen, Germany), Karl Kenji Schorpp (Munich) and Linda Wiltzer-Bach (Stolberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to specific compounds for use in the prevention or treatment of viral infections caused by RNA viruses."

The patent was filed on Oct. 15, 2020, under Applicat...