ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,529, issued on April 29, was assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR NUTRITION AND HEALTH CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (Beijing).

"Method for preparing probiotic-loaded microcapsule, product obtained from the same, and use of the same" was invented by Gangqiang Ding (Xicheng District, China), Junsheng Huo (Xicheng District, China), Lianyan Wang (Haidian District, China), Jian Huang (Xicheng District, China), Guifeng Zhang (Haidian District, China), Yanbin Tang (Xicheng District, China), Ke Cao (Haidian District, China), Yingbin Cui (Haidian District, China) and Zheng Cao (Haidian District, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark O...