ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,096, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences (Chengdu, China).
"Screening method for drought-resistant germplasm of Ophiopogon japonicus" was invented by Tiezhu Chen (Chengdu, China), Juan Lin (Chengdu, China), Xia Zhou (Chengdu, China), Jianhui Liu (Chengdu, China) and Tingting Cheng (Chengdu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screening method for a drought-resistant germplasm of Ophiopogon japonicus related to the field of Ophiopogon japonicus planting is provided. The method uses Ophiopogon japonicus of the main production areas, which requires a large amount of water and rainfall durin...