ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,393, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to RAPT THERAPEUTICS INC. (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Methods of making trans isomeric forms of G protein-coupled receptor modulators" was invented by Cyril Bucher (San Mateo, Calif.), James P. Davidson (South San Francisco, Calif.), Jeffrey J. Jackson (San Bruno, Calif.), Michelle Yoo Min Ko (San Francisco), Grant Shibuya (South San Francisco, Calif.), David J. Wustrow (South San Francisco, Calif.), Ashkaan Younai (Daly City, Calif.) and Mikhail Zibinsky (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods of synthesis of a trans isomeric form of a C-C chemokine...