ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,362, issued on July 1, was assigned to NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY (Harbin, China).

"Bacillus proteolyticus CWJ-2-GJ and application thereof" was invented by Dewen Li (Harbin, China), Zhonghua Tang (Harbin, China), Ying Liu (Harbin, China), Xiaorui Guo (Harbin, China) and Zhonghua Zhang (Harbin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Bacillus proteolyticus CWJ-2-GJ and an application thereof are provided. The deposit number of the Bacillus proteolyticus CWJ-2-GJ is CGMCC No. 29159, and the Bacillus proteolyticus CWJ-2-GJ is isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Acanthopanax senticosus. The potted seedlings of Acanthopanax senticosus...