ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,305, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to REVOLUTION MEDICINES INC. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Methods of treating cancer with an mTOR inhibitor" was invented by Bojena Bitman (Redwood City, Calif.), W. Clay Gustafson (Redwood City, Calif.), Ed Lorenzana (Redwood City, Calif.), Justin G. Meyerowitz (Redwood City, Calif.), Yu Chi Yang (Redwood City, Calif.), Mallika Singh (Redwood City, Calif.), Zhengping Wang (Redwood City, Calif.) and Zhican Wang (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods for the treatment of diseases or disorders (e.g., cancer) with mTOR inhibitors. Specifically, the di...