ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,813, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (Busan, South Korea).

"Method for synthesizing thieno[3,2-bpyridine-5(4H)-one derivative compound, using gold catalyst, and use therefor" was invented by Jong Seok Lee (Busan, South Korea), Dan Bi Sung (Busan, South Korea), Bo Hyun Mun (Pocheon-si, South Korea), Sol Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyi Seung Lee (Busan, South Korea), Yeon Ju Lee (Busan, South Korea), Ji Hoon Lee (Busan, South Korea) and Hee Jae Shin (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a method for synthesizing a thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-5(4H)-one derivative...