ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,919, issued on June 9, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anticoccidial composition comprising coumaric acid and use thereof" was invented by Kyuyeol Son (Seoul, South Korea), Min Ah Park (Seoul, South Korea), Kyung Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Hwi-Jea Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to an anticoccidial composition comprising coumaric acid and use thereof. A composition comprising coumaric acid and/or a salt thereof, according to an embodiment, has excellent effects of inhibiting the cell penetration of protozoa that can induce coccidiosis and/or inhib...