US Patent Issued to THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS on May 19 for "Antibacterial tryglysin agents" (New Jersey, California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,585, issued on May 19, was assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, N.J.) and THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana, Ill.).

"Antibacterial tryglysin agents" was invented by Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost (Princeton, N.J.), Michael J. Federle (La Grange, Ill.), Brett C. Covington (New Brunswick, N.J.), Leah B. Bushin (San Diego), Britta E. Rued (Chicago) and John Ambrose (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is currently a high demand for new therapeutic antibiotics with new mechanisms of action. Disclosed are two small molecules, tryglysin A and B, with novel chemical structures an...