US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW on March 31 for "Synergistic antibacterial activity of medium polarity oils in combination with antibacterial agents on bacterial biofilms" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,675, issued on March 31, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Synergistic antibacterial activity of medium polarity oils in combination with antibacterial agents on bacterial biofilms" was invented by Aleksa Jovanovic (Fort Worth, Texas), Lei Shi (Mansfield, Texas), Eric Roche (Fort Worth, Texas) and Paul Renick (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The compositions of the present invention comprise at least one medium polarity oil and at least one antibacterial agent, the combination of which produces a synergistic antibacterial effect against bacterial biofilms. Methods are disclosed for the reduction...