ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,077, issued on March 17, was assigned to CKP THERAPEUTICS INC. (Lowell, Mass.).

"Composition for preventing, alleviating or treating cancer" was invented by Ki Cheong Park (Lowell, Mass.) and Seokmo Kim (Lowell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound represented by Formula 1 according to the present disclosure, when used in combination with an anticancer drug, may significantly improve the anticancer effect of the anticancer drug, and may induce the same anticancer effect even when the anticancer drug is used in a significantly smaller amount than the conventionally used amount, thereby reducing the side effects caused by a...