ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,722, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Therapeutic agents and methods of treatment" was invented by Guangrong Zheng (Gainesville, Fla.), Daohong Zhou (Gainesville, Fla.), Xuan Zhang (Gainesville, Fla.), Wanyi Hu (Gainesville, Fla.), Xingui Liu (Gainesville, Fla.), Dongwen Lyu (Gainesville, Fla.), Yaxia Yuan (Gainesville, Fla.) and Dinesh Thummuri (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed towards compounds (e.g., Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or prodrug thereof), their mechanism of action, and ...