The phrase "despite focusing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something occurs or is true even though there is a focus on a particular aspect or issue.
Example: "Despite focusing on the budget, the project still went over the estimated costs."
Alternatives: "in spite of concentrating" or "regardless of emphasizing".
Despite focusing on LBGT characters, Banana deliberately has no 'coming out' story, a usual feature of such dramas.
Despite focusing on three different areas of reform, the four panelists voiced common goals for Ukraine, the most urgent of which is improving trust in political institutions.
Despite focusing the novel on an Asian American experience, Kwan noticed that the demographic was not among his novel's original fan base.
H.P.'s earnings report followed Wednesday's announcement by Dell Computer that net income for its fourth quarter fell 18 percent, to $764 million, or 43 cents a share, despite focusing on higher-margin business.
In China, points out C.K. Lu of Gartner, another research company, OPPO and Vivo, two local brands, both increased their market shares last year despite focusing on phones priced at 2,000 yuan ($320) or more.
This is the case of Velasquez and Palade [8] that despite focusing their data warehouse on usage data, they also store content and structure data.
The book, we noted, had become a sensation, despite focussing on what would seem to be the least exciting aspect of professional sports: upper management.
Our recent expeditions to Madagascar [27], [28] failed to find N. komaci despite focused searches.
However, despite focussing on specialized care, this study does acknowledge the need for basic palliative care in some communities where SPC is not available or feasible.
Nobles said she struggled to write political pieces this year, despite usually focusing on them.
Despite difficulty focusing and communicating, he did have purposeful movements with painful stimuli and bilateral ankle clonus.
