US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation, North Carolina State University on Aug. 19 for "Substituted 2-aminobenzimidazoles analogs as antibiofilm agents" (Ohio, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,449, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) and North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Substituted 2-aminobenzimidazoles analogs as antibiofilm agents" was invented by John Gunn (Columbus, Ohio), Laura Kuo (Columbus, Ohio), Christian Melander (Raleigh, N.C.) and William M. Huggins (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the disclosure relates to compositions and methods for dispersing exiting Salmonella biofilms and inhibiting formation of Salmonella biofilms. In various aspects, the disclosed compositions can be used in methods of treating a persistent Sal...