ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,212, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DiCE Alpha Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Substituted benzenecarboxamides as IL-17A modulators" was invented by Paul R. Fatheree (San Francisco), Martin S. Linsell (South San Francisco, Calif.), John R. Jacobsen (San Mateo, Calif.), Wouter A. Van Der Linden (South San Francisco, Calif.), Timothy J. Church (South San Francisco, Calif.), Claudio Aquino (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Margot G. Paulick (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure herein provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of the structure of the following formula:for the modulation of IL-17A...