ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,641, issued on July 8, was assigned to Southwest Forestry University (China).

"Method for organically planting dendrobium" was invented by Xiahong He (Kunming, China), Rui Shi (Kunming, China), Shu He (Kunming, China), Bingjie Xiong (Kunming, China), Youguo Huang (Kunming, China), Xingru Yan (Kunming, China), Ao Zhang (Kunming, China) and Xixi Liang (Kunming, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for organically planting Dendrobium, including using a planting medium in the epiphytic planting step of Dendrobium. The raw materials of planting medium include fermented powder of Dendrobium candidum leaves and sawdust; a method for...