ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,341, issued on May 27, was assigned to Scorpion Therapeutics Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Methods for treating cancer" was invented by David St. Jean Jr. (Natick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I), Formula (II), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase (PI3K) isoform alpha (PI3KAlpha). These chemical entities are useful, e.g., for treating a condition, disease or disorder in which increased (e.g., excessive) PI3KAlpha activation contributes to the pathology and/or symptoms and/or progression of the condition, disease or dis...