ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,704, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NIBEC Co. LTD. (Chungcheongbuk-Do, South Korea).
"Peptide for treating inflammation and wounds" was invented by Yoon Jeong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Chong-Pyoung Chung (Seoul, South Korea) and Jue-Yeon Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a peptide for treating inflammation and wounds and, more specifically, to use of a peptide for treating inflammation and wounds, wherein the peptide binds to collagen type VII exposed by damage to tissue and recognizes collagen type VII as an antigen, thereby inhibiting the induction of an immune respon...