ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,441, issued on July 29, was assigned to ARIVA MED GMBH (Vienna).

"Siderophore cephalosporin conjugates and uses thereof" was invented by Rosemarie Riedl (Vienna), Susanne Paukner (Vienna), Wolfgang Wicha (Bruck an der Leitha, Austria), Josef Wieser (Polling in Tirol, Austria), Klaus Thirring (Vienna) and Hermann Kollmann (Linz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound of compound according to formula (I):wherein X is selected from the group consisting of CH, CCl and N, Z is selected from the group consisting of CH2COOH, CH(CH3)COOH, C(CH3)2COOH and CH2F, D is a single bond connecting A and Ar or selected from the group consi...