ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,339, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CH Biotech R&D Co. Ltd. (Nantou City, Taiwan).

"Method for mitigating herbicide damage to cotton" was invented by Jenn Wen Huang (Taichung, Taiwan), Yi-Chiao Chan (Keelung, Taiwan) and Jie-Chao You (New Taipei City, 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 mitigate the damages to cotton plants caused by herbicide used to control weeds. By selectively choosing specific weights of feathers and water, and treating the mixture to a high-temperature high-pressure hydrolysis process, the resulting solution is ...