US Patent Issued to INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE on Sept. 23 for "Compounds and methods for the treatment of pathogenic Neisseria" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,264, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Quebec, Canada).

"Compounds and methods for the treatment of pathogenic Neisseria" was invented by Frederic Veyrier (Montreal, Canada) and Annie Castonguay (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tetracoordinate organoborate compounds, such as compounds harboring a tetraarylborate anion or a triarylalkylborate anion, are shown to exhibit a selective bacteriostatic and bactericidal effect against pathogenic Neisseria species such as N. meningitidis N and N. gonorrhoeae. Exemplified active compounds include the tetraphenylborate anion (BP...