ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,922, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DAEGU CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea), REPUBLIC OF KOREA (MANAGEMENT : RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION) (Jeollabuk-Do, South Korea) and SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Composition for promoting plant growth comprising YxaL protein or homologous protein thereof, and method for mass production of YxaL protein" was invented by Yong Hak Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yun Hee Choi (Daegu, South Korea), Jae Kyeong Song (Iseo-myeon, South Korea) and Nam Chul Ha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "T...