ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,172, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (Princeton, N.J.).

"Substituted quinazolinyl compounds useful as T cell activators" was invented by Upender Velaparthi (Princeton Junction, N.J.), Richard E. Olson (Cambridge, Mass.), Jayakumar Sankara Warrier (Bangalore, India) and Hasibur Rahaman (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): (I) or a salt thereof, wherein: R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, and m are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds to inhibit the activity of one or both of diacylglycerol kinase alpha (DGKAlpha) and diacylglycerol kinase zeta...