ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,914, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA (Genoa, Italy), TES PHARMA S.R.L. (Perugia, Italy), ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA (Bologna, Italy) and ISTITUTO EUROPEO DI ONCOLOGIA S.R.L. (Milan).

"Compounds and compositions for the treatment of tumors" was invented by Andrea Cavalli (Genoa, Italy), Domenico Milano (Genoa, Italy), Marcella Manerba (Genoa, Italy), Greta Bagnolini (Genoa, Italy), Jose Antonio Ortega Martinez (Genoa, Italy), Marinella Roberti (Bologna, Italy), Giuseppina Di Stefano (Bologna, Italy), Roberto Pellicciari (Perugia, Italy), Francesca De Franco (Perugia, Italy), Saverio Minucci (Perugia, Italy), Pier Giuseppe...