US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, Agency for Science, Technology and Research on April 14 for "Techniques for enhancing the selectivity and efficacy of antimicrobial and anticancer polymer agents" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,673, issued on April 14, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.) and Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Singapore).

"Techniques for enhancing the selectivity and efficacy of antimicrobial and anticancer polymer agents" was invented by James L. Hedrick (Pleasanton, Calif.), Nathaniel H. Park (San Jose, Calif.), Yi Yan Yang (Singapore) and Zhi Xiang Voo (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject disclosure is directed to techniques for enhancing the selectivity and efficacy of therapeutic polymers against a broad spectrum of pathogens and cancer cell lines. According to an embodiment, ...