ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,103, issued on June 16, was assigned to INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY (Huhhot, China).

"Methods for preparing L -6-hydroxytryptophan (HTP) derivative and intermediates thereof" was invented by Guodu Liu (Huhhot, China), Xinlong Yan (Huhhot, China) and Zongwei Li (Huhhot, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for preparing an L-6-hydroxytryptophan (HTP) derivative and intermediates thereof are provided. The methods for preparing the various intermediates of the L-6-HTP derivative are provided, on the basis of which the L-6-HTP derivative could be obtained. Specifically, the L-6-HTP derivative is obtained by using a compound A6-0 wi...