ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,372, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Antimicrobial agent for non-human animal" was invented by Hiroshi Shikama (Osaka, Japan), Koji Higuchi (Osaka, Japan), Shogo Atsumi (Osaka, Japan) and Takayuki Imura (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel antimicrobial agent is provided, and a compound represented by formula (I) or (II) or a salt thereof is used as an antimicrobial agent for a non-human animal."

The patent was filed on June 2, 2021, under Application No. 18/000,424.

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