ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,364, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Composition for preventing or treating neuropathic pain, containing syringaresinol" was invented by Sun Kwang Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Sik Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Ik Hyun Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Zee Hwan Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeonkyeong Chae (Incheon, South Korea) and Jonghee Choi (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating neuropathic pain, comprising syringaresinol or a pharmaceutica...