US Patent Issued to Yale University on April 29 for "Anti-bacterial stilbene derivatives and methods of use" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,398, issued on April 29, was assigned to Yale University (New Haven, Conn.).

"Anti-bacterial stilbene derivatives and methods of use" was invented by Jason Crawford (Shelton, Conn.), Tyler Goddard (Cambridge, Mass.), Hyun Bong Park (West Haven, Conn.) and Jaymin Patel (New Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are novel antibacterial compounds of Formula I. The compounds can be made through enzymatic oxidative dimerization in the presence of a suitable organism and one or more metal salts. Pathogenic bacteria exposed to the compound of Formula I do not develop resistance to these compounds even after prolonged ex...