US Patent Issued to University of Exeter on May 26 for "Antifungal compositions" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,689, issued on May 26, was assigned to University of Exeter (Exeter, Great Britain).

"Antifungal compositions" was invented by Gero Steinberg (Exeter, Great Britain), Sarah Gurr (Exeter, Great Britain) and Mark Wood (Exeter, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an antifungal composition comprising an antifungal compound of formula R-S+(R')2 or R-N+(R')3 wherein R is C17-C32 straight chain or branched alkyl; and each R' is independently methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl or butyl; and uses of said composition as antifungal agents."

The patent was filed on March 18, 2020, under Application No. 17/600,678. ...