ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,210, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CAREGEN Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Peptide having hair loss prevention or hair growth promotion activity and use thereof" was invented by Yong Ji Chung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Eun Mi Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Eung Ji Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Min Woong Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hana Gil (Gyeonggi-do, 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 that has hair growth promotion and hair loss prevention activity. The peptide has activity that can promote or induce the proliferation or activity of cell...