US Patent Issued to Koda Therapeutics on July 29 for "Antimicrobial agents and compositions and uses thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,579, issued on July 29, was assigned to Koda Therapeutics LLC (West Bridgewater, Mass.).

"Antimicrobial agents and compositions and uses thereof" was invented by Gerald S. Jones Jr. (Norwood, Mass.), Joseph P. St. Laurent (Lakeville, Mass.) and Scott A. Goodrich (Stoughton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are compounds that act as antimicrobial agents, compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of their use in to treating infections caused by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) or killing or inhibiting the growth of H. pylori."

The patent was filed on March 16, 2022, under Application No. 17/696,133.

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