ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,639, issued on March 24, was assigned to PHAROS IBIO Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea) and KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Preventive, relief or therapeutic use of 2,3,5-substituted thiophene compound against gastrointestinal stromal tumor" was invented by Tae Bo Sim (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Hye Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Han Na Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Nam Kyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Woo Young Hur (Seoul, South Korea), Chi Man Song (Seoul, South Korea), Ky Youb Nam (Goyang-si, South Korea) and Jeong Hyeok Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention re...