ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,728, issued on April 8, was assigned to HAPLNSCIENCE INC. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Composition for preventing or treating pulmonary diseases comprising hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 1" was invented by Dae Kyong Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yong Wei Piao (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Min Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Dan Zhou (Seoul, South Korea), So Yoon Yun (Seoul, South Korea) and Bo Kyung Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a recombinant hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 1 (HAPLN1), and a composition for preventing or treating pulmonary diseases, the composition comprising at least...