US Patent Issued to Bristol-Myers Squibb on Aug. 12 for "Substituted carbazole compounds" (New Jersey, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,760, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (Princeton, N.J.).

"Substituted carbazole compounds" was invented by Dharmpal S. Dodd (Escondido, Calif.), Trevor C. Sherwood (West Windsor, N.J.), Shoshana L. Posy (Highland Park, N.J.) and Alaric J. Dyckman (Lawrenceville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as inhibitors of signaling through Toll-like receptor 7, 8, or 9, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in t...