ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 18 -- KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12227480 B1, initially filed Oct. 6, 2023) developed by six inventors Katharigatta N. Venugopala, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; Melendran Pillay, Durban, South Africa; Pran Kishore Deb, Ranchi, India; Mohamed A. Morsy, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; Sandeep Chandrashekarappa, Uttar Pradesh, India; and Bandar Aldhubiab, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, for "1-(2-(substituted phenyl)-2-oxoethyl)-4-methylpyrid . . .