ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,875, issued on July 14, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Busan, South Korea).

"Human epidermal growth factor-TF fusion protein and use thereof" was invented by Chul Hong Oh (Jeju-si, South Korea), Yoon Hyeok Kang (Jeju-si, South Korea), Eun Young Jo (Jeju-si, South Korea), Do Hyung Kang (Jeju-si, South Korea), Young Deuk Lee (Jeju-si, South Korea), Duck Hee Jang (Busan, South Korea), Ye Hui Gang (Jeju-si, South Korea), Tae Yang Eom (Jeju-si, South Korea) and Sachithra Amarin Hettiarachchi (Jeju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel human epidermal growth ...