US Patent Issued to PONTIFICA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE on May 5 for "Conjugates between a biopolymer and a photoactivated antimicrobial agent for combating fungal diseases of agricultural interest and methods for producing said conjugates" (Chilean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,195, issued on May 5, was assigned to PONTIFICA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE (Santiago, Chile).

"Conjugates between a biopolymer and a photoactivated antimicrobial agent for combating fungal diseases of agricultural interest and methods for producing said conjugates" was invented by Denis Alberto Fuentealba Patino (Santiago, Chile), Luciano Francesco Dibona Villanueva (Santiago, Chile) and Hector Antonio Valdes Gomez (Santiago, Chile).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to the field of control of different fungal diseases in the agricultural industry. Specifically, the invention reports conjugates between biopolymers ...