ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,985, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Jinju-Si, South Korea).

"Microneedle patch system for transdermal drug delivery" was invented by Yun Seok Rhee (Jinju-si, South Korea), Sangbyeong Song (Jinju-si, South Korea), Jaemin Lee (Jinju-si, South Korea), Chanwoo Song (Jinju-si, South Korea) and Inhwan Noh (Jinju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a microneedle patch system for continuously administering a large amount of drug to the skin. A microneedle patch provided by one aspect of the present invention may have incre...