ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,965, issued on June 9, was assigned to BEIJING NO.1 BIO-TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Use of bovine spleen peptide powder in improving sleep, preventing or treating depression, or improving intestinal function" was invented by Bowen Zhang (Beijing), Xinyue Zheng (Beijing) and Yuan Cao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in the present invention is the use of bovine spleen peptide powder in the preparation of food for improving the sleep of subjects, relieving clinical depression of subjects or improving the intestinal functions of subjects. further provided in the present application is the use of bovine spl...