ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,895, issued on May 20, was assigned to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY (University Park, Pa.).

"2,3-diaryl-2,3-dihydro-4H-1,3-thiazin-4-one compounds and methods for making" was invented by Lee J. Silverberg (Allentown, Pa.) and John Tierney (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound with the following general formula (I) and a general method of making this compound are provided. R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13 and R14 are each independently selected from the group that includes H, halogen, nitro, cyano, amido, pyridyl, alkyl, aryl, acyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocy...