ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,637, issued on March 3, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for preparing fermented soy product using Bacillus amyloliquefaciens" was invented by Hyojeong Seo (Seoul, South Korea), Bina Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jungeun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Bo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Won Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Youngho Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a fermented soy product comprising: inoculating a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CJ24-34 (KCCM12038P) strain into a soybean meal or a soy protein concentrate; and obtaining...