US Patent Issued to LG CHEM on Jan. 13 for "Method for preparing intermediate for synthesis of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,554, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for preparing intermediate for synthesis of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist" was invented by Sung Wook Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Ki Dae Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Soo Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ho Yeon Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin Ok Ham (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a novel method for producing an intermediate expressed by chemical formula 5 that can be effectively used in synthesis of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist."

The patent was filed on Oct. 12, 2021, under Applicatio...