ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,393, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL (Beijing) and GUANGZHOU HC PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD (Guangdong, China).

"Beta-lactam compound, use thereof and preparation method therefor" was invented by Danqing Song (Beijing), Sheng Tang (Beijing), Xuefu You (Beijing), Zhiwen Li (Beijing), Yanxiang Wang (Beijing), Xi Lu (Beijing), Yinghong Li (Beijing), Xinxin Hu (Beijing), Zhihao Guo (Beijing) and Xiukun Wang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a compound as shown in general formula (I) below (in formula (I), each of R1 and R2 independently ...