US Patent Issued to GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT on Feb. 17 for "C-mannoside compounds useful for the treatment of urinary tract infections" (North Carolina, California, Missouri, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,824, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT Ltd. (Great Britain).

"C-mannoside compounds useful for the treatment of urinary tract infections" was invented by Michael Joseph Bishop (Research Triangle Park, N.C.), Eugene L. Stewart (Collegeville, Pa.), Katherine Louisa Widdowson (San Diego), James Walter Janetka (St. Louis) and Laurel Kathryn McGrane (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are C-mannoside compounds, compositions thereof and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of human disease. Methods of inhibition of FimH activity in a human subject a...