ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. RE50,643, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Recurium IP Holdings LLC (San Diego).

"Benzamide compounds" was invented by Joseph Robert Pinchman (San Diego), Peter Qinhua Huang (San Diego), Kevin Duane Bunker (Escondido, Calif.), Rakesh Kumar Sit (San Diego) and Ahmed Abdi Samatar (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compounds of Formula (I) are provided herein. Such compounds, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof, are useful for treating diseases or conditions, including conditions characterized by excessive cellular proliferation, such as cancer and tumors, as well as viral infections such as HIV."

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