ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,749, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DONG-A ST Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and KM TRANSDERM LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Percutaneous absorption preparation comprising donepezil with improved stability" was invented by Sun-Woo Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Chang-Yell Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Hae-Sun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kwang-Ho Cha (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun-Jung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang-Min Hyun (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Masaoki Goto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percutaneous absorption preparation for the treatment of dementia wherein the drug-containing layer contains donepezil or a pharmaceu...