ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,677, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BIONIC TRADING Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Method for preparing Gynostemma pentaphyllum leaf extract and Gynostemma pentaphyllum leaf extract prepared thereby" was invented by Tae Young Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yong Duk Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jae Wo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Yoon Hee Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kang Hyun Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jae Sun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a Gynostemma pentaphyllum leaf extract, a Gynostemma pentaphyllum leaf extract prepa...