# Alfred W. Alberts — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Alfred W. Alberts has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [The Discovery of Lovastatin for Lowering Cholesterol](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4231938/statin-cholesterol-lovastatin) — granted 1980
  A 1979 patent by Merck describing the isolation of a fermentation product from Aspergillus fungi that effectively lowers cholesterol levels in the blood.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/alfred-w-alberts

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