ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,834, issued on March 24, was assigned to INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris).

"Method of treating bacterial infections and pharmaceutical composition for treating bacterial infections" was invented by Nalini Rama Rao (Buc, France) and Seav-Ly Tran (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a compound having the general formula (I), or one of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for it use as a medicament, in particular for treating a bacterial infection in a subject:In particular, this compound is capable of inhibiting the Mfd activity of bacteria....