ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,431, issued on April 21, was assigned to NB SCIENCE Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Composition for treating or preventing myopathy, obesity or diabetes" was invented by Bong Keun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sung Kwon Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sang Hyup Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to: an M3 mutant peptide; a composition for alleviating, inhibiting, preventing or treating myopathy, obesity or diabetes, comprising same as an active ingredient; a method for alleviating, inhibiting, preventing or treating myopathy, obesity or diabetes by using the M3 muta...