ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,312, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE (Nanjing, China).

"Bacillus velezensis strain for preventing and controlling early bolting of Angelica sinensis , microbial agent and use thereof" was invented by Jinao Duan (Nanjing, China), Pei Liu (Nanjing, China), Hui Yan (Nanjing, China), Weimeng Feng (Nanjing, China), Sheng Guo (Nanjing, China) and Sen Zhang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strain separation method for preventing and controlling early bolting of Angelica sinensis, and preparation of a microbial agent and use thereof, the strain is obtained by separation, purificatio...