ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,383, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Gilead Sciences Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Compounds and methods for treatment of viral infections" was invented by Mark J. Bartlett (Castro Valley, Calif.), Daniel H. Byun (Foster City, Calif.), Yifan Deng (Milpitas, Calif.), Jennifer L. Cosman Ellis (Foster City, Calif.), Rao V. Kalla (Cupertino, Calif.), Richard L. Mackman (Millbrae, Calif.), Dustin S. Siegel (Half Moon Bay, Calif.) and Xianhuang Zeng (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds and methods of using said compounds, singly or in combination with additional agents, and salts or pharmaceutical compositions o...