Quave, Cassandra L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R21 AI136563, PI: CLQ)
Article History
First Online: 25 October 2018
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: The author is an inventor on patents concerning botanical inhibitors of microbial biofilm formation and quorum sensing; the author confirms that any competing interests do not alter her adherence to journal policies on ethics and sharing data or materials. The author provided consulting services to Medline during the period of writing this study. The author declares that provision of these services did not have any impact on the present study.Dr. Quave reports grants from National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, from null, during the conduct of the study; personal fees from Medline, from null, outside the submitted work. In addition, Dr. Quave has a patent Quave, C.L., M.S. Smeltzer, C.M. Compadre, H. Hendrickson. Anti-biofilm compositions and methods for using Patent Numbers: WO2012048119-A2; US2012088671-A1; WO2012048119-A3. Derwent Primary Accession No.: 2012-E22562; Issued June 3, 2014; US 9,351,492 B2 Issued May 31, 2016 issued, a patent Quave, C.L., A.R. Horswill, J.T. Lyles. Botanical extracts and compounds from Castanea plants and methods of use. Provisional Filed June 26, 2015. Serial No. 62/185,146. Non-Provisional Filed June 24, 2016 Serial No. 15/195,514 pending, and a patent Quave, C.L. and J.T. Lyles. Botanical extracts and compounds from Schinus plants and methods of use. Provisional filed July 10, 2015; serial no. 62/190,802; non-provisional filed July 8, 2016; serial no. 15/205,493, pending.
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