This Day in Patent History - On January 11, 1955, Lloyd Conover patented the antibiotic tetracycline On January 11, 1955, Lloyd Conover patented the antibiotic tetracycline. By 1958, tetracycline became the most prescribed broad spectrum antibiotic in the U.S. For this…
On October 4 1949, a patent was granted for an antibiotic for typhoid to Crooks, Rebstock, Controalis and Bartz. Patent Information Patent Number: US 2483885 A Patent Title: Nitrophenyl acyl…