US Patent Issued to Curza Global, The University of Utah Research Foundation on Dec. 23 for "Antimicrobial compounds and methods" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,452, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Curza Global LLC (Salt Lake City) and The University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Antimicrobial compounds and methods" was invented by Ryan E. Looper (Salt Lake City), Paul Sebahar (Sandy, Utah), Hariprasada R. Kanna Reddy (Salt Lake City), Travis J. Haussener (Salt Lake City), Charles A. Testa (North Salt Lake, Utah), Benlsaac C. Tresco (Salt Lake City), Seth Grant (West Jordan, Utah), Carmela Napolitano (Verona, Italy) and Fabio Maria Sabbatini (Verona, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to compounds that are active as antibacterial agents. The in...