US Patent Issued to Trustees of Dartmouth College, Regents of the University of Minnesota on Sept. 29 for "Membrane-active anti-bacterial compounds and uses thereof" (Minnesota, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,213, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) and Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"Membrane-active anti-bacterial compounds and uses thereof" was invented by Ambrose Cheung (Hanover, N.H.), Courtney Aldrich (Minneapolis) and John Schultz (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to methods of inhibiting bacterial growth. Generally, the methods include exposing bacteria to an anti-bacterial compound as disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the exposing occurs in vivo in a subject in order to treat or prevent a bacterial...