ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,836, issued on March 4, was assigned to Dong-A ST Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Compounds as GCN 2 inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof" was invented by Cheonhyoung Park (Seoul, South Korea), Kimoon Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea), Tae-Hun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Ha Yoon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Eunhye Ju (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyung Ki Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Youngjee Jeong (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Doyoung Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Jun Hwan Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Nayeon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Iksoo Jang (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Kyu Hwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyangsoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Min Jung Lee (Yong...