ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,606, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MELINTA SUBSIDIARY CORP. (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Methods of treating bacterial infections" was invented by Jeffrey S. Loutit (Lincolnshire, Ill.), Michael N. Dudley (Lincolnshire, Ill.), Elizabeth E. Morgan (Lincolnshire, Ill.), Karen Fusaro (Lincolnshire, Ill.), David C. Griffith (Lincolnshire, Ill.) and Olga Lomovskaya (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of treating or ameliorating urinary tract infection (UTI), including complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) and acute pyelonephritis (AP), comprising administering a composition comprising a cyclic boronic acid ester v...