US Patent Issued to DAEGUGYEONGBUK INSTITUTEOF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on Dec. 30 for "Planococcus sp. strain having astaxanthin secreting ability, and use thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,658, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to DAEGUGYEONGBUK INSTITUTEOF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daegu, South Korea) and KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Daegu, South Korea).

"Planococcus sp. strain having astaxanthin secreting ability, and use thereof" was invented by Seong Kyoon Choi (Daegu, South Korea), Ji Hyung Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Jee Eun Han (Daegu, South Korea), Hee Yeon Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Seon Young Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Hyemin Kwon (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a Planococcus sp. strain having astaxant...