ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,936, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).
"Benzamide antibacterial agents" was invented by Herman O. Sintim (West Lafayette, Ind.), Mohamed Seleem (West Lafayette, Ind.), Clement Opoku-Temeng (Worcester, Mass.), Haroon Taj Mohammad (West Lafayette, Ind.) and George Naclerio (Lafayette, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to compounds as a new antibiotic to treat various infections, including infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-intermediate and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant ...