US Patent Issued to KNOW BIO on Aug. 19 for "Nitric oxide-releasing antibacterial compounds, formulations, and methods pertaining thereto" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,479, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to KNOW BIO LLC (Durham, N.C.).

"Nitric oxide-releasing antibacterial compounds, formulations, and methods pertaining thereto" was invented by Drew Folk (Durham, N.C.), Ryan Gerald Anderson (Morrisville, N.C.), John Kelly Simons (Cary, N.C.), Mona Jasmine Rosales Ahonen (Durham, N.C.) and Rebecca Anthouard McDonald (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Several embodiments of NO releasing compounds are disclosed. In some embodiments, the structures are covalently modified to store and release nitric oxide. Some embodiments pertain to methods of making and use of these structures. The co...