ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,382, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Gilead Sciences Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"GLP-1R modulating compounds" was invented by Stephen E. Ammann (Redwood City, Calif.), Gediminas J. Brizgys (San Carlos, Calif.), James S. Cassidy (Foster City, Calif.), Elbert Chin (San Mateo, Calif.), Chienhung Chou (Dublin, Calif.), Jeromy J. Cottell (Redwood City, Calif.), Michael Graupe (Pacifica, Calif.), Chao-I Hung (Foster City, Calif.), Kavoos Kolahdouzan (San Francisco), Scott D. Schroeder (Union City, Calif.), Nathan D. Shapiro (Belmont, Calif.), Daniel G. Shore (Redwood City, Calif.), Suzanne M. Szewczyk (San Mateo, Calif.), James G. Taylor (Burlingame, Calif.), Rhiannon Thomas-Tran (S...