ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,378, issued on May 27, was assigned to RISEN (SUZHOU) PHARMA TECH Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Glucosamine derivatives for the prevention or treatment of joint disorders" was invented by Xianqi Kong (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada), Jiasheng Lu (Shanghai), Jiamin Gu (Suzhou, China), Xiang Ji (Suzhou, China), Daiqiang Hu (Suzhou, China), Xiuchun Zhang (Suzhou, China), Xinyong Lv (Suzhou, China), Jinchao Ai (Suzhou, China), Dongdong Wu (Suzhou, China), Lin Wang (Suzhou, China), Dongqing Zhu (Suzhou, China) and Xiaolin He (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided compounds of Formula (A) and pharmaceutically acceptable...