ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,216, issued on June 16, was assigned to KT&G Corp. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Flavoring agent, flavoring agent composition and article comprising same" was invented by Changgook Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Geon Chang Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ick Joong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), In Beom Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho Rim Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Seob Woo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyung Bin Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a novel flavoring agent, a flavoring agent composition, and an article including the same, and more particul...