US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Licorice extract" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,600, issued on June 30.

"Licorice extract" was invented by Takao Onishi (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a licorice extract which can be used as a multifunctional raw material. The licorice extract includes: (A) one or more selected from the group consisting of glycyrrhizic acid, a glycyrrhizic acid derivative, glycyrrhetinic acid, and a glycyrrhetinic acid derivative; (B) licorice saponins other than the (A); and (C) licorice flavonoids, and the (B) includes at least 1.7% by mass or more of a licorice saponin H2, 0.2% by mass or more of a licorice saponin G2, and 0.2% by mass or more of macedonoside A, and ...