US Patent Issued to LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE on March 11 for "Aspergillus oryzae strain and use thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,051, issued on March 11, was assigned to LG HOUSEHOLD & HEALTH CARE LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Aspergillus oryzae strain and use thereof" was invented by Hyeong Min Han (Seoul, South Korea), Sunghwan Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Hun Youn (Seoul, South Korea), Seunggon Na (Seoul, South Korea) and Sado Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an Aspergillus oryzae LGYM4 strain; a red ginseng fermentation product including the strain or a fermentation product thereof; a food composition, a cosmetic composition, a quasi-drug composition, and a pharmaceutical composition, each including the red ginseng fer...