US Patent Issued to Hanpeng Qu on May 6 for "Schizochytrium strain and use thereof, microbial oil containing DHA at SN-2 position and preparation and use thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,737, issued on May 6, was assigned to Hanpeng Qu (Changsha, China).

"Schizochytrium strain and use thereof, microbial oil containing DHA at SN-2 position and preparation and use thereof" was invented by Yun Liang (Hunan, China), Sheng Cao (Hunan, China) and Shenjian Wang (Hunan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to microbial technology, and more particularly to a Schizochytrium strain and a use thereof, a microbial oil containing DHA at an Sn-2 position, and a preparation and uses thereof. Sn-2 fatty acids of a triglyceride in the microbial oil contain 23% or more by weight of DHA. The microbial oil is prep...