ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,922, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Gilead Sciences Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"PARP7 inhibitors" was invented by Jayaraman Chandrasekhar (Redmond, Wash.), Jonah J. Chang (Woodinville, Wash.), Kevin S. Currie (North Bend, Wash.), Stephen D. Holmbo (Kirkland, Wash.), Jesse M. Jacobsen (Seattle), David L Kukla (Newcastle, Wash.), Seung H. Lee (Sammamish, Wash.), Yasamin Moazami (Seattle), Leena B. Patel (Seattle), Thomas J. Paul (Snohomish, Wash.), Stephane Perreault (Brier, Wash.), Patrick J. Salvo (Burien, Wash.), Jennifer A. Treiberg (Redmond, Wash.) and Heath A. Weaver (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a...