ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,177, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BMG (BRITISH MEDICAL GROUP) Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Antimicrobial and anticancer cationic phthalocyanine compounds" was invented by Paul Wight (Manchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Substituted phthalocyanines for the generation of singlet oxygen in which one or more of the substituents bear acationically charged N-alkylated pyridine."

The patent was filed on April 9, 2019, under Application No. 17/046,108.

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