US Patent Issued to CJ CHEILJEDANG on Sept. 1 for "Anticoccidial composition comprising violacein, and use thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,835, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anticoccidial composition comprising violacein, 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 violacein, a violacein derivative and/or a salt thereof; and a use thereof. A composition comprising violacein, according to one embodiment, has excellent effects of direct killing of protozoa that can induce coccidiosis, inhibiti...