US Patent Issued to CAREGEN on July 7 for "Peptide having blood coagulation activity, and use thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,973, issued on July 7, was assigned to CAREGEN CO LTD. (Anyang-si, South Korea).

"Peptide having blood coagulation activity, and use thereof" was invented by Yong Ji Chung (Anyang-si, South Korea), Eun Mi Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Mihee Cho (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Kyeongnan Kwon (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a peptide, of a novel sequence, characterized by being gelled in accordance with the pH condition. Since the peptide may induce blood coagulation, a composition comprising the peptide can be utilized for the use of inducing hemostasis."

The patent was filed on Apr...