ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,925, issued on July 22, was assigned to KEMIN INDUSTRIES INC. (Des Moines, Iowa).
"Method and system for treatment of microorganisms during propagation, conditioning, fermentation, and preservation using ethyl lauroyl arginate and selected additives" was invented by Allen M. Ziegler (Littleton, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "What is disclosed is a method of reducing undesirable concentrations of microorganisms without the use of man-made antibiotics, comprising the steps of: introducing a quantity of fermentable carbohydrate; sugar or cellulose to an aqueous system; introducing a quantity of desirable microorganism to the aqueo...