US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on Feb. 3 for "Tetracycline complexes with sustained activity" (German, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,333, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Tetracycline complexes with sustained activity" was invented by Andreas Kiesow (Halle, Germany), Mirko Buchholz (Halle, Germany), Sandra Sarembe (Halle, Germany), Karsten Mader (Leipzig, Germany), Martin Kirchberg (Halle, Germany) and Sigrun Eick (Bolligen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to controlled release of tetracycline antibiotics. Specifically, it relates to a complex comprising a tetracycline compound (TC) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or sol...