ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,683, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Crystalline form III of melanocortin receptor agonist compound and preparation method therefor" was invented by Ji Yoon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seul Ah Chun (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sung Won Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a crystalline form III represented by formula 1, a method for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The crystalline form III represented by formula 1 of the present invention may be characterized by XRPD patterns, TG/DTA profiles, an NMR spec...