ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,403, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SPERO THERAPEUTICS INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Tebipenem pivoxil immediate and modified release oral dosage forms" was invented by Akash Jain (Cambridge, Mass.), Enxian Lu (Shanghai), Shaoqiong Lyu (Shanghai), Shoufeng Li (North Brunswick, N.J.), Timothy Keutzer (Cambridge, Mass.), Luke Utley (Cambridge, Mass.), Grazyna Fraczkiewicz (Lancaster, Calif.) and Joyce MacWan (Lancaster, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Immediate and modified release oral dosage forms of tebipenem pivoxil including dosage form cores are provided. The dosage form core includes tebipenem pivoxil in free base or salt ...