ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,505, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Composition for preventing or treating obesity or diabetes, comprising acanthopanax senticosus extract and garcinia cambogia extract or compound isolated therefrom" was invented by Su Ui Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyung Won Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea), Mun Ock Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sei Ryang Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Doo Young Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyun Jae Jang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treat...