ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,675, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Microcarrier for cell culture, a method for producing the same, and a cell culture composition using the same" was invented by Yeji Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Minchae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jee Seon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a microcarrier for cell culture comprising: polystyrene-based particles containing at least one or more of hydrocarbon oil having 12 or more carbon atoms, or pores derived therefrom, a method for producing the same, and a cell culture composition using the same."...