ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,718, issued on April 14, was assigned to BORYUNG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for preparing compound as PI3K inhibitor and intermediate compound for preparing same" was invented by Yong Ho Sun (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Ok Kyoung Choi (Siheung-si, South Korea), Joon Kwang Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea) and Ji Han Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for preparing a compound as a PI3K inhibitor with reduced process steps, including a process that has a shortened reaction time in the preparation of the compound as a PI3K inhibitor, and enabling reaction in mild conditio...