ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,801, issued on June 2, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating rheumatoid arthritis and health functional food" was invented by Hong Hee Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Min Kyung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Su Han Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Seo Jin Hong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Ji Sun Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating rheumatoid arthritis and a health functional food for preventing or improving rheumatoid arthritis, specifically, proposes specific adminis...