US Patent Issued to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on June 17 for "Composition for diagnosing diseases associated with COX2 overexpression and screening method therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,244, issued on June 17, was assigned to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Daegu, South Korea).

"Composition for diagnosing diseases associated with COX2 overexpression and screening method therefor" was invented by Jae-Sung Bae (Daegu, South Korea), Hee Kyung Jin (Daegu, South Korea) and Ju Youn Lee (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for diagnosing diseases associated with COX2 overexpression, containing a compound with a structural feature of exhibiting strong binding activity to a COX2 protein; and a screening method therefor."

The patent was filed on June 4, 2019...