ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,210, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HUTCHISON MEDIPHARMA Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Tricyclic compounds and their use" was invented by Wei-Guo Su (Shanghai), Weihan Zhang (Shanghai) and Jinshui Li (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tricyclic compounds and their use are provided. More specifically, tricyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for preparing them, and their use in therapy are also provided."

The patent was filed on June 5, 2020, under Application No. 17/616,904.

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