ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,256, issued on June 24, was assigned to GENENTECH INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Aza-tetracyclic oxazepine compounds and uses thereof" was invented by Matthew Leo Landry (South San Francisco, Calif.), Christian Nilewski (South San Francisco, Calif.), Michael Siu (South San Francisco, Calif.), Elisia Villemure (South San Francisco, Calif.), BinQing Wei (South San Francisco, Calif.), Steven Do (South San Francisco, Calif.), Lewis John Gazzard (South San Francisco, Calif.) and Samantha Alyson Green (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are aza-tetracyclic oxazepinyl compounds useful in the tre...