ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,401, issued on May 19, was assigned to Chenland Nutritionals Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) and Qingdao Marine Energizing Biotechnology Development Co. Ltd. (Qingdao, China).

"Method for preparing ginseng extract enriched with rare ginsenosides and applications thereof" was invented by Shengcan Zou (Qingdao, China), Dongli Yin (Qingdao, China), Jinli Chen (Qingdao, China), Jinli Liu (Qingdao, China), Decui Yin (Qingdao, China) and Haijun Zhang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing ginseng extract rich in rare ginsenosides is disclosed. Ginseng roots or ginseng stems and leaves are extracted, enzymatically hydrol...