ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,862, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HUNAN NUTRAMAX INC. (Hunan, China).

"Method for preparing LUO HAN GUO sweetening composition from Siraitia grosvenorii and use thereof" was invented by Baotang Zhang (Changsha, China) and Jiazhong Tan (Changsha, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a Luo Han Guo sweetening composition from Siraitia grosvenorii and a use thereof. The method for extracting the sweetening composition from Siraitia grosvenorii preferably includes the followings: accelerating ripening of immature Siraitia grosvenorii, and performing juicing, extraction with pure water, removal of impurities, c...