ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,779, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CELLTRION INC. (South Korea) and KOREA DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AGENCY (South Korea).

"Binding molecule having neutralizing activity against SARS-coronavirus-2" was invented by Cheol-Min Kim (Yeonsu-gu Incheon, South Korea), Ji-Min Seo (Yeonsu-gu Incheon, South Korea), Min-Soo Kim (Yeonsu-gu Incheon, South Korea), Soo-Young Lee (Yeonsu-gu Incheon, South Korea), Dong-Kyun Ryu (Yeonsu-gu Incheon, South Korea), Sung-Soon Kim (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea), Joo-Yeon Lee (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea), Kyung-Chang Kim (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea), Jeong-Sun Yang (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea), Han-Saem Lee (Chungcheongbuk-do, Sout...