US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA on Aug. 5 for "Antimicrobial biopolymer compositions, methods of synthesis, and applications of use" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,186, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Antimicrobial biopolymer compositions, methods of synthesis, and applications of use" was invented by Minkyu Kim (Tucson, Ariz.) and Christopher P. Camp (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biopolymer compositions comprising antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) for treating infections such as bacterial infections, viral infections, fungal infections, and parasitic infections. The compositions herein may also be used for treating infections associated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antifungal-resistant fungi, ...