ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,002, issued on May 27, was assigned to SPH Xing Ling Sci. & Tech. Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves and preparation method therefor" was invented by Jun Wang (Shanghai), Qi Gao (Shanghai), Qin Shen (Shanghai), Baozhong Zhu (Shanghai), Dandan Wang (Shanghai), Jinfeng Wang (Shanghai), Yafang Wei (Shanghai) and Guoqin Zhu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a Ginkgo biloba ketone ester bulk drug. The present disclosure further provides a method for preparing Ginkgo biloba ketone ester bulk drug and use thereof. The present disclosure provides a Ginkgo biloba ketone ...