ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,424, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to KAKAO CORP. (Jeju-si, South Korea).

"Method for instant messaging service providing schedule service and apparatus thereof" was invented by Jeong Min Yun (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Moon Young Jo (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Yeon Jin Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Won Chul Jeong (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Han Byeol Choi (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Bong Gyun Kang (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyun Na Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Moon Seok Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Pyung Hwa Choi (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Dae Seong Shin (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Seung Uk Jeong (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hoi Moon Jeong (Seongnam-si, South Korea),...