ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,178, issued on May 13, was assigned to GYEONGGIDO BUSINESS & SCIENCE ACCELERATOR (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Triazole derivative and use thereof" was invented by Jin-Mo Ku (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin-Kyung In (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jung-Hun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Han-Na Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel triazole derivative or a salt thereof. The triazole derivative or the salt thereof according to the present invention induces or promotes browning of white adipocytes, and differentiates stem cells, embryonic cells, or preadipocytes to brown adipocytes or beig...