US Patent Issued to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION on Nov. 18 for "Methods for killing antibiotic tolerant bacteria" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,185, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pa.).

"Methods for killing antibiotic tolerant bacteria" was invented by Thomas Keith Wood (Port Matilda, Pa.) and Sooyeon Song (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for treating infections by bacteria and for killing bacteria. In particular, the disclosed compounds, compositions, and methods are useful for treating infections by bacteria and for killing persister bacteria that survive antibiotic treatment and then reconstitute infections."

The patent was filed on March...