ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,752, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to XINJIANG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS & CHEMISTRY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Urumqi, China).

"Preparation method for high-purity granatin A" was invented by Haji Akber Aisa (Urumqi, China), Guangying Sun (Urumqi, China), Guliqire Adili (Urumqi, China), Munire Abuduaini (Urumqi, China) and Yongxin Zhao (Urumqi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing high-purity granatin A: by means of a combination of low-temperature liquid phase chromatography and an isomerization conversion purification method, using pomegranate peel extract as a source material, granatin A of over 98%...