US Patent Issued to CORNELL UNIVERSITY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY on March 31 for "Antimicrobial and antiviral effects of C2-C7 alkyl boronic acids" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,103, issued on March 31, was assigned to CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, N.Y.) and THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Antimicrobial and antiviral effects of C2-C7 alkyl boronic acids" was invented by Kenneth W. Simpson (Ithaca, N.Y.), Shiying Zhang (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Michael Fischbach (Stanford, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to methods for treatment of bacteria and viruses with C2-C7 alkyl boronic acids to reduce growth and virulence."

The patent was filed on Oct. 7, 2020, under Application No. 17/767,119.

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