US Patent Issued to KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY on Nov. 4 for "Application of genipin beta-methyl derivative gen-17 in preparation of drug for prevention and treatment of acute severe pneumonia" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,621, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (Kunming, China).

"Application of genipin beta-methyl derivative gen-17 in preparation of drug for prevention and treatment of acute severe pneumonia" was invented by Xuan Zhang (Kunming, China), Wenbin Shang (Kunming, China), Yushan Zhu (Kunming, China), Lei He (Kunming, China), Susu Fan (Kunming, China), Xuerong Peng (Kunming, China), Yaru Sun (Kunming, China) and Yingyue Hu (Kunming, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An application of a genipin beta-methyl derivative, Gen-17, in a preparation of a drug for prevention and treatment of acute severe pneumonia is prov...