ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,655, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BIO HARVEST LTD. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Olive derived cell culture and methods for preparing and using the same" was invented by Yoheved Hagay (Rehovot, Israel) and Malkit Azachi (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application describes a large scale process for the in vitro production of an olive cell culture.The application further describes a composition in a form of a powder comprising olive fruit/leaf cells grown in vitro and a method of treating metabolic syndrome disorders, such as, high cholesterol level, comprising administering an effective amount of the compositi...