ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,057, issued on May 12, was assigned to BIOVINC LLC (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Bisphosphonate quinolone conjugates and uses thereof" was invented by Frank H. Ebetino (Pasadena, Calif.), Shuting Sun (Pasadena, Calif.) and Philip T. Cherian (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are bisphosphonate quinolone compounds, conjugates and pharmaceutical formulations thereof that can include a bisphosphonate and a quinolone, where the quinolone can be releasably coupled to the bisphosphonate. Also provided herein are methods of making and methods of using the bisphosphonate quinolone compounds, conjugates and pharmaceutical...