ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,048, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BIONOTE INC. (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Antibodies binding specifically to NT-proBNP and use thereof" was invented by Jung Ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Se Jung Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sun Nyeo Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Soung Jin Ji (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ji Su Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hye Rim Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Eun Young Sa (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Bo Ram Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Soo Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hwa Young Im (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an antibody that binds specifically...