ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,549, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CH Biotech R&D Co. Ltd. (Nantou City, Taiwan).

"Method of using/applying a keratin hydrolysis peptide solution to promote tolerance of soybean and its growth under stress of flooding" was invented by Jenn Wen Huang (Taichung, Taiwan), Ching-Chi Tsai (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Cyun-Jhe Yan (Taoyuan, 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 promote the growth of soybean plants under flood stress. By selectively choosing specific weights of feathers and water, and treating the mixture to a high-temperature...