Patent 8350003 was granted and assigned to Novabiotics Limited on January, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to peptides comprising amino acids according to Formula I((X)l(Y)m)n (I)wherein l, m and n are integers from 0 to 10; X and Y, which may be the same or different, are an amino acid selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic amino acids and/or cationic amino acids, together with methods for the use of the peptides in the treatment of microbial infections.