ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,467, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to The University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio).

"Necroptosis inducers or autophagy inhibitors or a combination thereof" was invented by Amit K. Tiwari (Toledo, Ohio), Chandrabose Karthikeyan (Toledo, Ohio) and Angelique Nyinawabera (Toledo, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thieno-pyrimidin-4-yl-hydrazinylidene compounds, and methods of using the same, are described."

The patent was filed on April 12, 2019, under Application No. 17/047,155.

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