US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on March 18 for "Substituted fused pyrrolo-diazepinones and uses thereof" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,492, issued on March 18, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Substituted fused pyrrolo-diazepinones and uses thereof" was invented by Gary E. Schiltz (Naperville, Ill.) and Karl A. Scheidt (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment. The disclosed compounds are based on fused 1,4-diazepine and pyrrolidinedione scaffolds. The compounds may be utilized in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases and disorders associated with cell proliferation such as cancer and may have a formula illustrated as follows:"

The ...