US Patent Issued to Provectus Pharmatech, University of Tennessee Research Foundation on June 23 for "Halogenated xanthene-containing topical anti-gram-positive bacterial ophthalmic composition and method" (Tennessee, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,335, issued on June 23, was assigned to Provectus Pharmatech Inc. (Knoxville, Tenn.) and University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Halogenated xanthene-containing topical anti-gram-positive bacterial ophthalmic composition and method" was invented by Michio Kurosu (Knoxville, Tenn.), Dominic Rodrigues (Knoxville, Tenn.), Edward V. Pershing (Knoxville, Tenn.), Bruce Horowitz (Knoxville, Tenn.), John Lacey III (Knoxville, Tenn.), Eric A. Wachter (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Edward P. Gamson (Highland Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention contemplates a topical ophthalmic system for treating a Gr...