US Patent Issued to Quretech Bio, Washington University in St. Louis on Nov. 18 for "Ring-fused thiazolino 2-pyridones, methods for preparation thereof and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of a disease involving gram-positive bacteria" (Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,168, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Quretech Bio AB (Umea, Sweden) and Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis).

"Ring-fused thiazolino 2-pyridones, methods for preparation thereof and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of a disease involving gram-positive bacteria" was invented by Scott Hultgren (Town and Country, Mo.), Jerome S. Pinkner (St. Louis), Michael Gordon Caparon Jr. (Chesterfield, Mo.), Ana Lidia Flores Mireles (St. Louis), Fredrik Almqvist (Umea, Sweden), Pardeep Singh (Umea, Sweden), Anders Lindgren (Umea, Sweden) and Aaron James Leonard Lynch (Webster Grove, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The pr...