ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,188, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAMYANG HOLDINGS Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for preparing biodegradable polymer microparticles, and biodegradable polymer microparticles prepared thereby" was invented by Jin Su Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Wang Soo Shin (Daejeon, South Korea) and Na Jeong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are: a method for preparing biodegradable polymer microparticles and, particularly, porous microparticles of a biodegradable polymer; and biodegradable polymer microparticles prepared thereby, particularly, porous microparticles of a biodegradable polymer."

The paten...