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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
May. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregor Reid, London, CA;
Andrew W Bruce, Toronto, CA;
Henk J Busscher, Thesinge, NL;
Henny C Van der Mei, Groningen, NL;
Assignee:
Urex Biotech, Inc., London, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-8 ; 424 9345 ; 4242341 ; 4242461 ; 435170 ; 4352529 ; 4353171 ; 435803 ; 435820 ; 435853 ; 435854 ; 435855 ; 435856 ; 435857 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards isolated lactobacillus biosurfactants and the process for producing same. The present invention is also directed to methods for preventing urogenital infection in mammals using the isolated lactobacillus biosurfactant. The present invention is further directed to methods of inhibiting microbial biofilm formation using the isolated lactobacillus biosurfactant to prevent the formation of bacterial biofilms, and to displace adherent biofilm-forming bacteria from surfaces.