US Patent Issued to BEIJING CENTRE BIOLOGY, CENTRE (INNER MONGOLIA) BIOLOGY, AETHER CENTRE (BEIJING) BIOLOGY, XIQIN (INNER MONGOLIA) PHARMACEUTICAL on May 6 for "Use of usnic acid, a salt of usnic acid, or a formulation thereof in the preparation of anti-avian coccidiosis drugs or feed additives" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,502, issued on May 6, was assigned to BEIJING CENTRE BIOLOGY Co. LTD (Beijing), CENTRE (INNER MONGOLIA) BIOLOGY Co. LTD (Taipusi Banner, China), AETHER CENTRE (BEIJING) BIOLOGY Co. LTD (Beijing) and XIQIN (INNER MONGOLIA) PHARMACEUTICAL Co. LTD (Taipusi Banner, China).

"Use of usnic acid, a salt of usnic acid, or a formulation thereof in the preparation of anti-avian coccidiosis drugs or feed additives" was invented by Fuyuan Li (Beijing), Xiumin Wang (Beijing), Tianyi Wen (Beijing), Aohan Li (Beijing) and Housheng Jiang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a use of usnic acid or a salt of usnic acid or a formulation t...