ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,817, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Nicoya Therapeutics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd (Shanghai).

"Pyridine derivative and application thereof" was invented by Yunfu Luo (Shanghai), Yuyong Ba (Shanghai) and Shuhui Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a series of compounds having pyridine structures or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and an application thereof in the preparation of drugs for the treatment of related diseases. Specifically, disclosed is a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof."

The patent was filed on May 19, 2021, under Application No. 17/998,355....