US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Oct. 20 for "Schizochytrium sp. strain and polyunsaturated fatty acid production method using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,922, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Schizochytrium sp. strain and polyunsaturated fatty acid production method using same" was invented by Jung Woon Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Hoon Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Won Sub Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Hae Won Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a novel strain of the genus Schizochytrium (Schizochytrium sp.) and a method of producing polyunsaturated fatty acids by using the same. According to one aspect, novel microalgae of the genus Schizochytrium h...