Patent 11254672 was granted and assigned to C4 Therapeutics on February, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides selected dihydrobenzimidazolones which bind to the ubiquitously expressed E3 ligase protein cereblon (CRBN) and alter the substrate specificity of the CRBN E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, resulting in breakdown of intrinsic downstream proteins. The disclosed compounds are useful for the treatment of cancer.