ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,801, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CTXT PTY LTD. (Melbourne, Australia).

"Benzothiophene, thienopyridine and thienopyrimidine derivatives for the modulation of sting" was invented by Benjamin Joseph Morrow (Parkville, Australia), Jonathan Grant Hubert (Parkville, Australia), Ylva Elisabet Bergman Bozikis (Parkville, Australia), Michelle Ang Camerino (Parkville, Australia), Anthony Nicholas Cuzzupe (Parkville, Australia) and Paul Anthony Stupple (Parkville, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound of formula (I): wherein: Y is (CH2)n, where n is from 2 to 4; W1 and W11 are independently selected from OH and ORP, where ...