US Patent Issued to BARUCH S. BLUMBERG INSTITUTE on Dec. 30 for "Benzamide derivatives as cGAS-sting pathway agonists" (Pennsylvania, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,436, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BARUCH S. BLUMBERG INSTITUTE (Doylestown, Pa.).

"Benzamide derivatives as cGAS-sting pathway agonists" was invented by Jinhong Chang (Chalfont, Pa.), Yanming Du (Cheshire, Conn.) and Ju-Tao Guo (Lansdale, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise functionalized benzamide derivatives useful as cyclic GMP-AMP synthase-Stimulator of interferon gene (cGAS-STING) pathway agonists, and useful for treating viral diseases and boost antitumor immunity."

The patent was filed on Oct. 1, 2019, under Application No. 17/282,233.

*For further information, inclu...