Patents by Inventor Emma V. Yates

Emma V. Yates has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTITUBERCULAR COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20120010281
    Abstract: Infections caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis kill more than 1.8 million people each year. While the persistence of this pathogenic bacterial species and the emergence of multidrug resistant strains have created an urgent need for new TB therapies, a new TB-specific drug has not been developed in over 40 years. The disclosure herein provides short and scalable syntheses of small molecules, and small molecules as new therapeutics for eradicating this life threatening pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Erik J. Sorensen, Stephen D. Lotesta, Junjia Liu, Emma V. Yates, Maurice A. Marsini