ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,612, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AXR PHARMA INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Method of using extract of Dendrobii Caulis and method of protecting eye" was invented by Yi-Yueh Wang (Taipei, Taiwan), Yun-Lian Lin (Taipei, Taiwan) and Wei-Hsiang Hsu (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an extract of Dendrobii Caulis with eye care effect, wherein the extract of Dendrobii Caulis has an active ingredient including a picrotoxane-type sesquiterpene. The present invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition with eye care and a use of an extract of Dendrobii Caulis for preparing a pharmaceutical...