ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,886, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Branched-chain amino acid crystallization method capable of sustainably cycling ammonia" was invented by Jun Woo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Shin Ae Park (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Hyun Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Hun Yu (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Yub Oh (Seoul, South Korea) and Min Jong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a crystallization method of branched-chain amino acids capable of sustainably cycling ammonia, and branched-chain amino acid crystal produced by the method."

The patent was filed o...