ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,871, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SOULBRAIN Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Method of preparing symmetrical phosphate-based compound" was invented by Dae Hwan Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Yeol Ma (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seok Jong Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kwang Ju Jung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Weon Ju Yu (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of preparing a symmetrical phosphate-based compound. According to the method of the present invention, since a dinucleating agent is used in a hydrophobic solvent under a base-free condition, the yield...