ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,138, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CH Biotech R&D Co. Ltd. (Nantou City, Taiwan).

"Method of using/applying a keratin hydrolysis peptide solution upon wheat plants to promote growth and production yield" was invented by Kai Xia (Nantou, Taiwan), Cheng-Ku Lin (Taichung, Taiwan), Yu-Lun Liu (Taichung, Taiwan) and Nai-Hua Ye (Changhua, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Present invention teaches the method of using a keratin hydrolysis peptide ("KHP") solution to enhance the healthy growth and production yield of wheat crops. By selectively choosing specific weights of feathers and water, and treating the mixture to a high-tempera...