ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,546, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CARBOEXPERT INC. (Daejeon, South Korea) and THE INUDSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Inotodiol ester derivative precursor drug" was invented by Jongtae Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Phu Cuong Nguyen (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyubeen Park (Sejong, South Korea) and Nan Young Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an ester derivative prodrug of inotodiol and use thereof. The prodrug not only has increased solubility with respect to an inorganic solvent and an organic solvent, but also has improved ...