US Patent Issued to HYDERABAD EYE INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD on March 25 for "Conjugates comprising a temperature-responsive polymer and a ligand capable of binding ergosterol" (British, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,312, issued on March 25, was assigned to HYDERABAD EYE INSTITUTE (Hyderabad, India), UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD (Bradford, Great Britain) and UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD (Sheffield, Great Britain).

"Conjugates comprising a temperature-responsive polymer and a ligand capable of binding ergosterol" was invented by Prashant Garg (Hyderabad, India), Stephen Rimmer (Bradford, Great Britain) and Charles William Ian Douglas (Sheffield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to polymer conjugates. More specifically, the present invention relates to polymer conjugates capable of binding to fungi, to compositions c...