ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,205, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Pharm Co. Ltd. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"GLP-1 receptor agonist" was invented by Han Kyu Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeong-Un Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyu-Hwan Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyung-Ho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jung-In Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyuck-Joo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seung-Tae Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun-Ho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Neul Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun-Hwa La (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin Woong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dae Hoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Myoung Ki Baek (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trad...