ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,590, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to OSPEDALE SAN RAFFAELE S.R.L. (Milan), IRBM S.P.A. (Pomezia, Italy) and ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GENETICA MOLECOLARE-INGM (Milan).

"Oxalamido-substituted tricyclic inhibitors of hepatitis b virus" was invented by Raffaele De Francesco (Milan), Lorena Donnici (Milan), Luca Guidotti (Milan), Matteo Iannacone (Milan), Romano Di Fabio (Pomezia, Italy), Vincenzo Summa (Pomezia, Italy), Adolfo Prandi (Milan), Pietro Randazzo (Milan), Leda Ivanova Bencheva (Milan), Marilenia De Matteo (Milan), Luca Ferrante (Milan), Davide Gornati (Milan) and Alessandro Grillo (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The pre...