ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,400, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to UNIMATEC Co. LTD. (Japan).

"Fluorine-containing fused ring pyrimidine compound and method for producing same" was invented by Junya Seino (Kitaibaraki, Japan), Rie Aotsu (Kitaibaraki, Japan) and Keisuke Kokin (Kitaibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluorine-containing fused ring pyrimidine compound is provided represented by the following formula (1):wherein in the above formula (1): R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; X, Y and Z each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; X and Y optionally form ring Q1 with a carbon atom or a nitroge...