ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,800, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MEDSHINE DISCOVERY INC. (Jiangsu, China) and Guangzhou Consun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd (Guangdong, China).

"Phenylpropionamide compound and use thereof" was invented by Yang Zhang (Shanghai), Wentao Wu (Shanghai), Zhixiang Li (Shanghai), Wenyuan Zhu (Shanghai), Jian Qin (Shanghai) and Shuhui Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The use of a phenylpropionamide compound in the preparation of a drug for treating diseases associated with pain and pruritus. Specifically, the present invention relates to a compound as represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof." ...