ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,375, issued on March 18, was assigned to CHONG KUN DANG PHARMACEUTICAL CORP. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pharmaceutical preparation having excellent dissolution properties, containing esomeprazole and sodium bicarbonate" was invented by Jong Seo Choi (Yongin-Si Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea), Min Soo Kim (Yongin-Si Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea), Shin Jung Park (Yongin-Si Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea) and Jong Lae Lim (Yongin-Si Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical preparation comprising omeprazole, an enantiomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and sodium bicar...