US Patent Issued to Indian Institute of Science on April 8 for "Antiviral applications of picolinic acid and its derivatives" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,676, issued on April 8, was assigned to Indian Institute of Science (Karnataka, India).

"Antiviral applications of picolinic acid and its derivatives" was invented by Shashank Tripathi (Bengaluru, India), Rohan Narayan (Bengaluru, India), Abhijith Biji (Bengaluru, India) and R. S. Rajmani (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods for inhibiting entry of a virus into a host cell using picolinic acid or a salt or derivative thereof. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating or preventing a viral infection in a subject by administering picolinic acid or a salt or derivative ...