ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,694, issued on April 8, was assigned to Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Watertown, Mass.).

"Combination pharmaceutical agents as RSV inhibitors" was invented by Brian C. Shook (Holliston, Mass.), In Jong Kim (Lexington, Mass.), Thomas P. Blaisdell (Watertown, Mass.), Jianming Yu (Plainsboro, N.J.), Joseph Panarese (Newton, Mass.), Kai Lin (Belmont, Mass.), Michael H. J. Rhodin (Stow, Mass.), Nicole V. McAllister (Groton, Mass.) and Yat Sun Or (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition useful for treating a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection, comprising a compound...