US Patent Issued to AMOREPACIFIC, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION on May 20 for "Soybean variety comprising high content of epicatechin" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,841, issued on May 20, was assigned to AMOREPACIFIC Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Soybean variety comprising high content of epicatechin" was invented by Young Gyu Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Moon Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Geum Ryong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Seok Ha Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Ju Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Jeong Min Ha (Seoul, South Korea), Myoyeon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dong Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Nok Hyun Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yong Deog Hong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

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