US Patent Issued to Vilnius University on March 11 for "Inhibition of protein amyloid aggregation using fluorinated benzenesulfonamides" (Lithuanian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,000, issued on March 11, was assigned to Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lithuania).

"Inhibition of protein amyloid aggregation using fluorinated benzenesulfonamides" was invented by Daumantas Matulis (Vilnius, Lithuania), Andrius Sakalauskas (Vilnius, Lithuania), Virginija Dudutiene (Vilnius, Lithuania), Mantas Zvirblis (Vilnius, Lithuania), Mantas Ziaunys (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Vytautas Smirnovas (Vilnius, Lithuania).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention teaches a class of fluorinated benzensulfonamides of general structure I, as shown: which are useful for inhibiting protein amyloid aggregation. The compounds taught can be ...